CVE-2014-4678
Ansible Code Injection Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 10.1%
Description
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.
How to fix CVE-2014-4678
To remediate CVE-2014-4678, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/ansible—upgrade to 1.6.6+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.6.4 or later
- —upgrade to 5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 or later
Is CVE-2014-4678 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 10.1%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.6.6+dfsg-1
- from 0, < 1.6.4
- from 0, < 5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 | from 0, < 1.6.4
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 |