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    CVE-2017-2809

    An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5. A specially crafted vault can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into the vault to trigger this vulnerability.

    Published:Sep 14, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Sep 14, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00664
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Ansible-vault Project
    Product
    Ansible-vault

    Exploits

    https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High