CVE-2016-9587 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-9587 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 4.08% · 88.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

4.08%

88.5th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	ansible	0, 1.9.2+dfsg-2, 1.9.4-1

Timeline

Jan 11, 2017 PoC Published
Jan 11, 2017 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 19, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9587 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9587 third-party-advisory

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