Vulnerability in [Unknown] Ansible
CVE-2018-10875
A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- [Unknown] Ansible
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.04
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 8.0
- Red Hat Ansible Engine — versions 2.0, 2.4, 2.5
- Red Hat Ceph Storage — versions 2.0, 3.0
- Red Hat Gluster Storage — versions 3.0.0
- Red Hat Openshift — versions 3.0
- Red Hat OpenStack — versions 10, 12, 13
- Red Hat Virtualization — versions 4.0
- Red Hat Virtualization Host — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-10875?
- CVE-2018-10875 is a high-severity vulnerability in [Unknown] Ansible, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-07-13.
- How severe is CVE-2018-10875?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.