CVE-2016-8628

Summary

CVECVE-2016-8628
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-31 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:36:00 UTC
DescriptionAnsible 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Ansible All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ansible CVE-2016-8628 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1388113 – (CVE-2016-8628) CVE-2016-8628 ansible: Command injection by compromised server via fact variables CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981014 Python (pip) Security Update for ansible (GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq)

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