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CVE-2016-8628
HIGH · CVSS 7.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-31T20:29:00.323 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:54:38.453

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.

Affected products

redhat — ansible

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References

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