CVE-2016-9587
HIGH severity · CVSS 8.1 · Improper input validation
8.1CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)18%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77Advisory