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SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-cmwx-9m2h-x7v4)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422305

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key
 fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject
 this key instead of the correct key. (CVE-2016-8614)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cmwx-9m2h-x7v4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422305

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8614

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8614

BID: 94108

cwe: CWE-358