RCE in Red Hat Ansible
CVE-2016-8628
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.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (88.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.032 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Ansible — versions 2.2.0
- Red Hat Ansible
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-8628?
- CVE-2016-8628 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2018-07-31.
- How severe is CVE-2016-8628?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-8628 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.