DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8628

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CVE-2016-8628
Published: 31 Jul 2018, 20:29
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Jul 2018, 20:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:15
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

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•ansible

    < 2.2.0.0-1 | < 2.2.0.0-1 | < 2.2.0.0-1 | < 2.2.0.0-1

References (1)