CVE-2016-8628

Aliases:GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgqPYSEC-2018-38
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 31 Jul 2018, 20:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 02:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.46% LOW
0% probability +0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Jul 2018, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 02:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v4.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.4CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 9AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.46%• Percentile: 64%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-77•Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

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

Affected Systems

  • PyPI•ansible

    < 2.2.0.0

  • red hat•ansible

    2.2.0

  • redhat•ansible

    < 2.2.0

References (10)