CVE-2016-8614 MEDIUM

CVE-2016-8614

Vendor Red Hat
Product Ansible
Weakness CWE-358
Published July 31, 2018
Last update August 6, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 31, 2018 CVE published
August 6, 2024 Record updated