VDB
CVE-2016-8628
CVE-2016-8628
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.46% · 64.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.46%
64.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | ansible | 0, 1.9.2+dfsg-2, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Nov 10, 2017 CVE Published
- Jul 2, 2021 CVE Updated
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8628 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8628 third-party-advisory