CVE-2014-3498
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.025 · 85 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The user module in ansible before 1.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-4cvm-5776-jx9fAnsible Arbitrary Code Execution2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
User module in ansible before 1.6.6 is vulnerable to command execution. Ansible can get the result of remote command in variable, which may come from untrusted source of input. If the content of variable isn't properly filtered and when attempting to use the variable, it will trigger a function that passes it through jinja 2 template engine that can result into arbitrary command execution. Under certain circumstances, unprivileged user on system that is being managed via ansible can execute code on the managing host under UID of running ansible process.
- PYSEC-2017-22017-06-08vendor · osvUS
The user module in ansible before 1.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands.
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references (6)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335551cnnvd
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335551enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335551Issue TrackingThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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