9.1

CVE-2016-8628: red hat ansible

Modified
AliasesGHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgqPYSEC-2018-38RHSA-2016:2778
Published 31-07-2018Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8628 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) vulnerability in red hat ansible. EPSS estimates a 3.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.6, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
OPENSUSE-SU-2017:2976-1OPENSUSE-SU-2017:2978-1SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1SUSE-SU-2024:1509-1

Timeline

  1. 31-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 6 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.21% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, administrative account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat10 products
  • ansible< 2.2.0
  • ansible< 0:2.2.0.0-1.el7
  • atomic-openshift-utils< 0:3.2.42-1.git.0.6b09be9.el7 | < 0:3.3.50-1.git.0.5bdbeaa.el7
  • openshift-ansible< 0:3.2.42-1.git.0.6b09be9.el7 | < 0:3.3.50-1.git.0.5bdbeaa.el7
  • openshift-ansible-callback-plugins< 0:3.3.50-1.git.0.5bdbeaa.el7
Debian1 product
  • ansible< 2.2.0.0-1
PyPI1 product
  • ansible< 2.2.0.0
Red hat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ansible< 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1

5 vendors · 14 products

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