CVE-2016-9587 in Ansible and Red Hat Products
Published on April 24, 2018
Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.
Weakness Type
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
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Affected Versions
unspecified Ansible:- Version ansible 2.1.4 is affected.
- Version ansible 2.2.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
EPSS
4.08%
Percentile
88.33%
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