vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2017-7466: ansible: Arbitrary code execution on control node (incomplete fix for )
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 18, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 18, 2018
Added
Jun 18, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the 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.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-ansible
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