CVE-2018-10874

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.49% (42nd) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

33 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In ansible it was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a result.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-426USCWE-426US

affected products (33)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source Ansibleall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:open_source:ansible:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization:4
Red Hat OpenShift Enterpriseall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:3
Red Hat OpenStackall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openstack:-
Red Hat Satellite <= 6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
[UNKNOWN] Ansible≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Ansible Ansible Engine≤ 2.5fstec_bduRU
Ansible Ansible Engine≤ 2.4fstec_bduRU
Ansible Ansible Engine≤ 2.0fstec_bduRU
Ansible Ansible Engine≤ 2.6fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ Openstack 10fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ Virtualization 4.0fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ Virtualization Host 4.0fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ Openstack 12fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ Openstack 13.0fstec_bduRU

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0959Ansible: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Ausführen von beliebigem ProgrammcodeDeutsch2018-07-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Ansible ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Benutzerrechten auszuführen.
GHSA-3xvg-x47j-x75wAnsible Improper Input Validation vulnerability2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
In ansible it was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a result.
PYSEC-2018-812018-07-02vendor · osvUS
In ansible it was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a result.

also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-07-02modified 2026-06-17

references (40)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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