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CVE-2016-9587

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 24, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsOpenStackAnsibleAnsible

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 17%

Description

Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ansible· Ansible
95%
v < 2.2.1
Affected range stops below 2.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ansible· Red Hat
95%
v < 2.1.42.1.42.2.1
Affected range stops below 2.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
OpenStack· Red Hatdrupal
95%
11

References (9)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77

CVSS

8.1HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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