UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10875

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10875

    Published: 13 Jul 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-10875
    Aliases:
    USN-4072-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10875, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596533, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4072-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10875

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3

    Affected versions

    1.9.2+dfsg-2
    1.9.4-1

    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