CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-9587

8.1 HIGH Published 2018-04-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-04-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's 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.

Affected configurations

• redhat ansible (< 2.1.4) • ansible ansible (< 2.2.1) • redhat openstack 11

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References