CVE-2017-7466

HighCVSS 8.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 22, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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