Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-04-24T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:02.537Z

Reserved: 2016-11-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9587

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-24T16:29:00.220

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:37:14.233

Link: CVE-2016-9587

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-01-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9587 - Bugzilla