CVE-2016-8628

Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.

• CWE-77
• CWE-77

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94109Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2778Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8628Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jul 31, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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