RCE in Ansible-Vault Project
CVE-2017-2809
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5. A specially crafted vault can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into the vault to trigger this vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ansible-Vault Project
- Tomohiro Nakamura Ansible-Vault — versions 1.0.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGES.txt (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/commit/3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-2809?
- CVE-2017-2809 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ansible-Vault Project, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-09-14.
- How severe is CVE-2017-2809?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-2809 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.