CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4678
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-02-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74
Description
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.
Affected configurations
• redhat ansible (< 1.6.4)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• debian debian linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
References
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678 Third Party Advisory