CVE-2014-4657
Ansible Remote Code Execution
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.1%
Description
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions.
How to fix CVE-2014-4657
To remediate CVE-2014-4657, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ansible—upgrade to 1.5.5+dfsg-1 or later
- PyPI/ansible—upgrade to 1.5.4 or later
- —upgrade to 1.5.4 or later
Is CVE-2014-4657 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.5.5+dfsg-1
- from 0, < 1.5.4
- from 0, < 1.5.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |