What is CVE-2014-3498?

CVE-2014-3498 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2014-3498?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-3498 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Red Hat Ansible

CVE-2014-3498

The user module in ansible before 1.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Ansible

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

OSAS/ansible-role-ansible_

References

github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3498?: CVE-2014-3498 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2014-3498?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-3498 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.