CVE-2017-7466

high

Description

Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible, and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.

References

Advisories

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7466

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1599

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1499

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1476

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1334

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1244

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97595

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-22

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02216