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Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting ansible package, versions [,1.6.7)

0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 1.36% (87th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ANSIBLE-1909566
  • published 2 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 2 Nov 2021
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 2 Nov 2021

CVE-2014-4966 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade ansible to version 1.6.7 or higher.

Overview

ansible is a simple IT automation system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via crafted lookup('pipe') calls or crafted Jinja2 data. The package does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings, and does not prevent remote data with "{{" substrings.

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