vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2014-4678): ansible vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 20, 2020
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025

Description

The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ansible
Title
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