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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0011 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2016-8628

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:59:42.990

Link: CVE-2016-8628

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2016-8628 - Bugzilla

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