CVE-2014-4678
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 10.1%Ansible Code Injection Vulnerability
Published: 5/24/2022Modified: 9/10/2024
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.6.6+dfsg-1
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.6.4
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916 | from 0, < 1.6.4
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 (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-203.yaml
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
- WEBhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
- WEBhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
- WEBhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2
- WEBhttps://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
- WEBhttps://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678