Description
Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the 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.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.0
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Unknown / ansibleansible 2.3 – ansible 2.3
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1599
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1334
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97595
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1244
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1499
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7466
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1476