VDB
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
| 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
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 18, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 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