DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8628

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8628
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8628.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8628
Upstream
Published
2018-07-31T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:29Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}