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CVE-2017-2809

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5. A specially crafted vault can execute…

High7.5EPSS 3.0%
Published
Updated
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Assigned by
talos

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-2809, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
talosCNA (assigner)3.0High7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
3.0% · top 13% 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 7.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Tomohiro Nakamura · ansible-vault

    • affected 1.0.4

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

References (5)

Sources

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Record last updated .