vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2016-9587: Ansible: Compromised remote hosts can lead to running commands on the Ansible controller
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 24, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 24, 2018
Added
Jun 18, 2018
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-ansible
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