CVE-2016-8628

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

9.1

MODERATE

Vector

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

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.422

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-8614,CVE-2016-8628 are fixed in Python-ansible 2.2.0.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-8614,CVE-2016-8628 are fixed in Python-ansible for linux 2.2.0.0	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234