CVE-2014-4966
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings, and does not prevent remote data with "{{" substrings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted lookup('pipe') calls or (2) crafted Jinja2 data.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-wqq5-c89p-3wc3Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings, and does not prevent remote data with "{{" substrings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted lookup('pipe') calls or (2) crafted Jinja2 data.
- PYSEC-2020-2042020-02-18vendor · osvUS
Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings, and does not prevent remote data with "{{" substrings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted lookup('pipe') calls or (2) crafted Jinja2 data.
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references (8)
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- http://www.ansible.cn/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-004.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4966cnnvd
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-004.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527enisa_euvd
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-004.htmlThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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