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CVE-2017-7481

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
11 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

Ansible before versions 2.3.1.0 and 2.4.0.0 fails to properly mark lookup-plugin results as unsafe. If an attacker could control the results of lookup() calls, they could inject Unicode strings to be parsed by the jinja2 templating system, resulting in code execution. By default, the jinja2 templating language is now marked as 'unsafe' and is not evaluated.

Affected

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

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
16.0418.0419.04
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
9.0
Ansible Engine· Red Hat
95%
v < 2.3.1.02.3.2.0 ≤ v < 2.4.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.3.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.4.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Gluster Storage· Red Hat
95%
3.2
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
OpenShift Container Platform· Red Hatcontainer
95%
3.33.43.5
OpenStack· Red Hatdrupal
95%
1011
Storage Console· Red Hat
95%
2.0
Virtualization· Red Hatrpm
95%
4.1
Virtualization Manager· Red Hat
95%
4.1
Ansible· Red Hat
60%
2.3.1.02.4.0.0

References (11)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98492
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1244
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1334
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1476
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1499
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1599
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2524
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7481

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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