CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-8628

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2018-07-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-07-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-77

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.

Affected configurations

• redhat ansible (< 2.2.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness

References