PYSEC-2018-38
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2016-8628
- Aliases
- GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq
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.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · ansible | introduced 0, fixed 2.2.0.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628 REPORT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778 ADVISORY
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109 WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq ADVISORY
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — PyPA Advisory Database |