{"cve":"CVE-2017-2809","nvd":{"published":"2017-09-14T19:29:00.347","modified":"2026-06-17T01:16:54.410","status":"Modified","description":"An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5. A specially crafted vault can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into the vault to trigger this vulnerability.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824","https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGES.txt","https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/commit/3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04","https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4","https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305"],"products":["ansible-vault_project:ansible-vault"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:46:01.145313090+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-2809","score":0.02991,"percentile":0.87328,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-c2w9-48qc-qpj4","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-c2w9-48qc-qpj4","summary":"Code injection in ansible","modified":"2024-09-03T21:31:12.314389Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible-vault","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible-vault","ranges":["<1.0.5"],"fixed":["1.0.5"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2017-5","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-5","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:00:10.667680370Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible-vault","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible-vault","ranges":["<1.0.5"],"fixed":["1.0.5"]}]}],"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."]}