CVE-2014-4657
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 3.1%Ansible Remote Code Execution
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.5.5+dfsg-1
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.5.4
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.5.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (8)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4657
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4657
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-199.yaml
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210120133852/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68232
- WEBhttps://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68232