CVE-2014-4678

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-74

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Ansible	before 1.6.4

References

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5Third Party Advisory
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5Third Party Advisory
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 20, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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