VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-4678

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability5.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-02-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-74

Primary references