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CVE-2017-7466

HIGH
Published 2018-06-22T13:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
8.0
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.025
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 2.5% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.847
Higher than 84.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]

ansible

Affected Versions:

ansible 2.3

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution

GHSA-3m8p-xpm6-8ww3

Advisory Details

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.

Affected Packages

PyPI ansible
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <2.2.3.0

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7466
WEB https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/24186
WEB https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/0d418789a298561fded9bce977d34babc9097079
WEB https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/7ff9fa52cfcef2065f0db80d85dd94b9b754839c
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1244
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1334
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1476
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1499
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1599
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7466
PACKAGE https://github.com/ansible/ansible
WEB https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-40.yaml
WEB https://web.archive.org/web/20170701161323/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97595

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: September 3, 2024

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1599
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1334
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97595
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1244
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1499
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7466
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1476
Published: 2018-06-22T13:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.382Z
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