CVE-2017-2809 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5. A specially crafted vault can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into the vault to trigger this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00664.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ansible-vault Project	Ansible-vault

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ansible-vault_project:ansible-vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824
https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGES.txt
https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/commit/3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04
https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2017-09-14T19:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:53:03.863Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-2809

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-14T19:29:00.347

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-2809

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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