{"cve":"CVE-2016-8628","nvd":{"published":"2018-07-31T20:29:00.323","modified":"2026-06-17T00:54:38.453","status":"Modified","description":"Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778"],"products":["redhat:ansible"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:52:03.425131697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-8628","score":0.03211,"percentile":0.88179,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq","summary":"Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller","modified":"2024-09-04T19:21:36.125345Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<2.2.0.0"],"fixed":["2.2.0.0"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2018-38","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2018-38","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T03:58:36.342434Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<2.2.0.0"],"fixed":["2.2.0.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}