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Improper Key Validation Affecting ansible package, versions [2,2.1.3)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.17% (53rd percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ANSIBLE-40436
  • published 1 Nov 2016
  • disclosed 1 Nov 2016
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 1 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-8614 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-358 Open this link in a new tab

Overview

ansible is a Radically simple IT automation Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Key Validation due to not verifying key fingerprints in the apt_key(), allowing a malicious user may generate a key with a 16 digit id and upload it to the server.