ghsa-66c7-5pwv-mm3j
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-24 22:01
Modified
2024-09-10 22:17
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
Ansible Code Injection Vulnerability
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-4678"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-74"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-08-15T22:33:52Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2020-02-20T03:15:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j",
  "modified": "2024-09-10T22:17:40Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T22:01:18Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-203.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ansible Code Injection Vulnerability"
}


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