CVE-2014-4966

Description

Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings, and does not prevent remote data with "{{" substrings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted lookup('pipe') calls or (2) crafted Jinja2 data.

CVSS Metrics

• v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
• v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
• v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.74%• Percentile: 88%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-74•Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

  The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Systems

• PyPI•ansible

  < 62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527 | < 1.6.7

• redhat•ansible

  < 1.6.7

References (4)

• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-004.html
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4966
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-204.yaml