PYSEC-2018-43

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    PYSEC-2018-43

    Published: 13 Jul 2018Last Modified: 10 Jun 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: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10875, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fc4h-467w-46rh

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ansible

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.5
    Fixed -2.5.6

    Affected versions

    2.4.0.0
    2.4.1.0
    2.4.2.0
    2.4.3.0
    2.4.4.0
    2.4.5.0

    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