CVE-2018-10875

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    CVE-2018-10875

    Published: 13 Jul 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10875

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 2c2dd1a1b3eca6248979e04e70afff6dd3fcf366
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.5

    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