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CVE-2016-8628

CVE-2016-8628 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.100000381469727 CRITICAL

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 3.25% · 87.8th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
9.100000381469727
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
3.25%
87.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSansible0, 1.9.2+dfsg-2, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1

Timeline

  • Nov 10, 2017 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
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  • Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
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