CVE-2016-8614

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-358 CWE-320

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Ansible	2.2.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94108Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94108Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 31, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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