CVE-2016-8628

critical

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-07-31

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical