vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2016-8628: ansible: Command injection by compromised server via fact variables
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 18, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 18, 2018
Added
Jun 18, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-ansible
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