CVE-2016-8628
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
18 explicit affected versions
63 explicit affected versions
63 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
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.
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/35938b907dfcd1106ca40b794f0db446bdb8cf09
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41903
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-38.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8628
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227214455/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109