CVE-2018-10875

Summary

CVECVE-2018-10875
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-13 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-08-04 17:14:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.4 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.5 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.6 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.4 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.5 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.6 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Ceph Storage 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage 3.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Gluster Storage 3.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 12 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 10 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 12 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Suse Package Hub - All All All
Application Suse Package Hub - All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1596533 – (CVE-2018-10875) CVE-2018-10875 ansible: ansible.cfg is being read from current working directory allowing possible code execution CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4072-1: Ansible vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Bugs in Ansible Component Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4396-1 ansible DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1125-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1923-1] ansible security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500001 Alpine Linux Security Update for ansible
  • 501376 Alpine Linux Security Update for ansible-base
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