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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8628

DEBIAN-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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
9.100000381469727
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12ansible0, 0, 0
Debian:11ansible0, 0, 0
Debian:13ansible0, 0, 0
Debian:14ansible0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jul 31, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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