CVE-2016-8628

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    CVE-2016-8628

    Published: 31 Jul 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -cdec853e37d2342346f54e51f4ec4bfbd2ee0031

    Affected versions

    v2.2.0.0-0.4.rc4
    v2.2.0.0-0.3.rc3
    v2.2.0.0-0.2.rc2
    v2.2.0.0-0.1.rc1

    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