CVE-2016-9587

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    CVE-2016-9587

    Published: 24 Apr 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's 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.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2c832c736f026be4d2d5440e1bd44459b2a868aa

    Affected versions

    v2.1.4.0-0.3.rc3
    v2.1.4.0-0.2.rc2
    v2.1.4.0-0.1.rc1
    v2.1.3.0-1
    v2.1.3.0-0.3.rc3
    v2.1.3.0-0.2.rc2
    v2.1.3.0-0.1.rc1
    v2.1.2.0-1
    v2.1.2.0-0.5.rc5
    v2.1.2.0-0.4.rc4
    v2.1.2.0-0.3.rc3
    v2.1.2.0-0.2.rc2
    v2.1.2.0-0.1.rc1
    v2.1.1.0-1
    v2.1.1.0-0.5.rc5
    v2.1.1.0-0.4.rc4
    v2.1.1.0-0.3.rc3
    v2.1.1.0-0.2.rc2
    v2.1.1.0-0.1.rc1
    v2.1.0.0-0.4.rc4
    v2.1.0.0-0.3.rc3
    v2.1.0.0-0.2.rc2
    v2.1.0.0-0.1.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