CVE-2014-4967
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 3.2%Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Multiple argument injection vulnerabilities in Ansible before 1.6.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging access to an Ansible managed host and providing a crafted fact, as demonstrated by a fact with (1) a trailing " src=" clause, (2) a trailing " temp=" clause, or (3) a trailing " validate=" clause accompanied by a shell command.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.6.8+dfsg-1
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 1.6.7
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527 | from 0, < 1.6.7
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 (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4967
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4967
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-205.yaml
- WEBhttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-004.html