Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-07-31T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:40.971Z

Reserved: 2016-10-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-8628

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-31T20:29:00.323

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:36:25.263

Link: CVE-2016-8628

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-8628 - Bugzilla