Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting ansible package, versions [,2.7.17) [2.8.0,2.8.9) [2.9.0,2.9.6)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Scope Changed
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (14th percentile)
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NVD
7.1 high
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Red Hat
7.9 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ANSIBLE-561048
  • published 24 Mar 2020
  • disclosed 24 Mar 2020
  • credit Nicolas Surbayrole

How to fix?

Upgrade ansible to version 2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6 or higher.

Overview

ansible is a simple IT automation system.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). It allows using ansible _facts as a subkey of itself and promoting it to a variable when inject is enabled, overwriting the ansible_facts after the clean.

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