CVE-2016-8628

moderate-risk

Published 2018-07-31

Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.

Do I need to act?

0.42% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.6/10 High

NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Ansible

Affected Vendors

Redhat

References (6)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628

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moderate-risk

Severity 23/34 · High

Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal