A flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all versions 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x prior to 2.7.17, 2.8.9 and 2.9.6 respectively, when using ansible_facts as a subkey of itself and promoting it to a variable when inject is enabled, overwriting the ansible_facts after the clean. An attacker could take advantage of this by altering the ansible_facts, such as ansible_hosts, users and any other key data which would lead into privilege escalation or code injection.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.9, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity though user interaction is required requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 5 products from redhat, from redhat, from redhat and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2020-03-24T14:15:12.327
2024-11-21T04:55:50.877
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 7.9 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
3.9
4.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | redhat | ansible | < 2.7.17 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | ansible | < 2.8.9 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | ansible | < 2.9.6 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | ansible_tower | ≤ 3.3.5 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | ansible_tower | ≤ 3.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | ansible_tower | ≤ 3.6.3 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | openstack | 10 | Yes |
| Application | redhat | openstack | 13 | Yes |
| Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 30 | Yes |
| Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 31 | Yes |
| Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 32 | Yes |
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