Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the 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.
Advisories
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0013 Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3m8p-xpm6-8ww3 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.382Z

Reserved: 2017-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7466

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-22T13:29:00.277

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:31:57.583

Link: CVE-2017-7466

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7466 - Bugzilla

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