CVE-2014-4678
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 20, 2020 at 02:49 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxAnsible
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74
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