CVE-2016-9587

Description

Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansibles handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.1

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

4.078

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-8647,CVE-2016-9587 are fixed in Python-ansible 2.2.1.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-9587 are fixed in Python-ansible 2.1.4.0	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-8647,CVE-2016-9587 are fixed in Python-ansible for linux 2.2.1.0	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-9587 are fixed in Python-ansible for linux 2.1.4.0	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

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