CVE-2017-7466
Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution
8.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-7466
To remediate CVE-2017-7466, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.2.1.0-2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.3.0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.3.0.0 or later
Is CVE-2017-7466 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.2.1.0-2
- from 0, < 2.2.3.0
- from 0, < 2.3.0.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |