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CVE-2016-8628 Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller

CriticalCVSS 9.1 EPSS 3.2%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pypi ansible(PyPI) < 2.2.0.0 2.2.0.0
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.2.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.2.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.2.3 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.3.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.3.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.3.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.3.3 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.3.4 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.4 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.4.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.4.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.4.3 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.4.4 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.4.5 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.5 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.5.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.5.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.5.3 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.5.4 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.5.5 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6 No fix listed
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.10 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.3 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.4 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.5 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.6 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.7 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.8 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.6.9 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.7 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.7.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.7.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.8 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.8.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.8.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.8.3 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.8.4 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.9.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.9.0.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.9.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.9.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.9.3 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.9.4 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.9.5 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 1.9.6 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.0.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.0.0.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.0.0.1 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.0.0.2 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.0.1.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.0.2.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.1.0.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.1.1.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.1.2.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.1.3.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.1.4.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.1.5.0 No fix listed
pypi ansible(PyPI) = 2.1.6.0 No fix listed
debian/ansible(Debian:12) < 2.2.0.0-1 2.2.0.0-1
debian/ansible(Debian:13) < 2.2.0.0-1 2.2.0.0-1
debian/ansible(Debian:14) < 2.2.0.0-1 2.2.0.0-1
redhat ansible < 2.2.0 2.2.0
redhat ansible = 2.2.0 No fix listed

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