CVE-2017-7466

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Published 2022-05-13 · Modified 2024-04-22

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

30%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.2.1.0-2`
sid	Fixed	`2.2.1.0-2`
forky	Fixed	`2.2.1.0-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.2.1.0-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.2.1.0-2`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	ansible	`<2.2.3.0`	`2.2.3.0`
PyPI	ansible	`<2.3.0.0`	`2.3.0.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.