CVE-2017-7466

Aliases:GHSA-3m8p-xpm6-8ww3PYSEC-2018-40
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 16
Modified
Published: 22 Jun 2018, 13:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 16:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.66% LOW
3% probability -0.08%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Jun 2018, 13:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 16:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible, and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 8.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.66%• Percentile: 86%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • PyPI•ansible

    < 2.2.3.0 | < 2.3.0.0

  • redhat•ansible

    < 2.3

  • redhat•openstack

    10 | 11

  • [unknown]•ansible

    ansible 2.3

References (15)