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CVE-2016-8628
Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to…
High7.6EPSS 3.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat · Ansible
- affected 2.2.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIansibleGHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- RHSA-2016:2778 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 94109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .