GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-4cvm-5776-jx9f Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2014-3498
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- ansible
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
- Reviewed
- 2023-08-16
Affected packages
• PyPI ansible: < 1.6.6 → fixed in 1.6.6
Description
User module in ansible before 1.6.6 is vulnerable to command execution. Ansible can get the result of remote command in variable, which may come from untrusted source of input. If the content of variable isn't properly filtered and when attempting to use the variable, it will trigger a function that passes it through jinja 2 template engine that can result into arbitrary command execution. Under certain circumstances, unprivileged user on system that is being managed via ansible can execute code on the managing host under UID of running ansible process.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2014-3498 The user module in ansible before 1.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3498 advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5 web
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335551 web
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible package
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2017-2.yaml web