VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-7466

CVSS score8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.14%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references