CVE-2016-8628 HIGH

CVE-2016-8628

Vendor Red Hat
Product Ansible
Weakness CWE-77
Published July 31, 2018
Last update August 6, 2024

CVSS base score

7.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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