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CVE-2014-3498

HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Improper input validation
8.8CVSS HIGH

Summary

The user module in ansible before 1.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%

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

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5 ↗