Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting ansible package, versions [,1.2.1)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.25% (65th percentile)
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NVD
7.4 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ANSIBLE-451466
  • published 3 Jul 2019
  • disclosed 3 Jul 2013
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade ansible to version 1.2.1 or higher.

Overview

ansible is a simple IT automation system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle (MitM). A flaw was found in the way Ansible performed remote server's SSH host key management. A remote attacker could use this flaw to conduct man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks against the Ansible task execution system user.