GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-66C7-5PWV-MM3JAnsible Code Injection Vulnerability
0.139 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.7%
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.
References
github.com/advisories/GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j
github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2
www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678
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