CVSS 3.0
8.0 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-7466
High (8.0) in redhat. EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in ansible 2.2.3.0, 2.3.0.0.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 3.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- redhat:ansible
- redhat:openstack
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-3m8p-xpm6-8ww3 | PyPI | ansible | <2.2.3.0 | 2.2.3.0 |
| PYSEC-2018-40 | PyPI | ansible | <2.3.0.0 | 2.3.0.0 |