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PYSEC-2018-38
Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2018-07-31 20:29 - Updated: 2021-07-02 02:41
VLAI
Details
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.
Impacted products
| Name | purl | ansible | pkg:pypi/ansible |
|---|
Aliases
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "ansible",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/ansible"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.2.0.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.0",
"1.1",
"1.2",
"1.2.1",
"1.2.2",
"1.2.3",
"1.3.0",
"1.3.1",
"1.3.2",
"1.3.3",
"1.3.4",
"1.4",
"1.4.1",
"1.4.2",
"1.4.3",
"1.4.4",
"1.4.5",
"1.5",
"1.5.1",
"1.5.2",
"1.5.3",
"1.5.4",
"1.5.5",
"1.6",
"1.6.1",
"1.6.10",
"1.6.2",
"1.6.3",
"1.6.4",
"1.6.5",
"1.6.6",
"1.6.7",
"1.6.8",
"1.6.9",
"1.7",
"1.7.1",
"1.7.2",
"1.8",
"1.8.1",
"1.8.2",
"1.8.3",
"1.8.4",
"1.9.0",
"1.9.0.1",
"1.9.1",
"1.9.2",
"1.9.3",
"1.9.4",
"1.9.5",
"1.9.6",
"2.0.0",
"2.0.0.0",
"2.0.0.1",
"2.0.0.2",
"2.0.1.0",
"2.0.2.0",
"2.1.0.0",
"2.1.1.0",
"2.1.2.0",
"2.1.3.0",
"2.1.4.0",
"2.1.5.0",
"2.1.6.0"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2016-8628",
"GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq"
],
"details": "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.",
"id": "PYSEC-2018-38",
"modified": "2021-07-02T02:41:33.612895Z",
"published": "2018-07-31T20:29:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq"
}
]
}
BREW-ANSIBLE-CVE-2016-8628 (CVE-2016-8628)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-10 18:51 – Source website
VLAI
Details
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "2.2.0.0"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "ansible",
"purl": "pkg:brew/ansible"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "14.3.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "git",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "GIT",
"key": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
"name": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
"strategy": "git",
"subject_version": "14.4.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@14.4.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "14.4.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Debian",
"key": "Debian/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
},
{
"ecosystem": "GIT",
"key": "upstream:https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
"name": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "14.4.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/ansible@14.4.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "14.4.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
"key": "Ubuntu/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
}
]
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "BREW-ansible-CVE-2016-8628",
"modified": "2026-09-10T18:51:05Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2016-8628",
"GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq",
"PYSEC-2018-38"
]
}
BREW-ANSIBLE@10-CVE-2016-8628 (GHSA-JG4F-JQM5-4MGQ)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller
Details
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "2.2.0.0"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "ansible@10",
"purl": "pkg:brew/ansible%4010"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "10.7.0_6"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@10.7.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "10.7.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Debian",
"key": "Debian/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/ansible@10.7.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "10.7.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
"key": "Ubuntu/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
}
]
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "BREW-ansible@10-CVE-2016-8628",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:41:05Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8628"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41903"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/35938b907dfcd1106ca40b794f0db446bdb8cf09"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-38.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227214455/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq",
"CVE-2016-8628",
"PYSEC-2018-38"
]
}
BREW-ANSIBLE@12-CVE-2016-8628 (GHSA-JG4F-JQM5-4MGQ)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller
Details
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "2.2.0.0"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "ansible@12",
"purl": "pkg:brew/ansible%4012"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "12.3.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@12.3.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "12.3.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Debian",
"key": "Debian/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/ansible@12.3.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "12.3.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
"key": "Ubuntu/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
}
]
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "BREW-ansible@12-CVE-2016-8628",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:41:06Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8628"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41903"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/35938b907dfcd1106ca40b794f0db446bdb8cf09"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-38.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227214455/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq",
"CVE-2016-8628",
"PYSEC-2018-38"
]
}
BREW-ANSIBLE@13-CVE-2016-8628 (GHSA-JG4F-JQM5-4MGQ)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-10 18:51 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller
Details
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "2.2.0.0"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "ansible@13",
"purl": "pkg:brew/ansible%4013"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "13.8.0_2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@13.8.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "13.8.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Debian",
"key": "Debian/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/ansible@13.8.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "13.8.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
"key": "Ubuntu/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
}
]
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "BREW-ansible@13-CVE-2016-8628",
"modified": "2026-09-10T18:51:29Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8628"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41903"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/35938b907dfcd1106ca40b794f0db446bdb8cf09"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-38.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227214455/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq",
"CVE-2016-8628",
"PYSEC-2018-38"
]
}
BREW-ANSIBLE@9-CVE-2016-8628 (GHSA-JG4F-JQM5-4MGQ)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller
Details
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
References
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"upstream_fixed_in": "2.2.0.0"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "ansible@9",
"purl": "pkg:brew/ansible%409"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.13.0_4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/ansible@9.13.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "9.13.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Debian",
"key": "Debian/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
},
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "upstream:pkg:pypi/ansible@9.13.0",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro",
"subject_version": "9.13.0"
},
{
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu",
"key": "Ubuntu/ansible",
"name": "ansible",
"strategy": "distro"
}
]
},
"details": "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.",
"id": "BREW-ansible@9-CVE-2016-8628",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:41:06Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8628"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/41903"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/35938b907dfcd1106ca40b794f0db446bdb8cf09"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2018-38.yaml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227214455/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
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CVE-2016-8628 (GCVE-0-2016-8628)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-31 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
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|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2016-11-01 00:00
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GHSA-JG4F-JQM5-4MGQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-10-10 17:23 – Updated: 2024-09-04 19:00
VLAI
Summary
Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller
Details
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
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