Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting ansible package, versions <2.2.0.0-1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published22 Jul 2026
- disclosed31 Jul 2018
Introduced: 31 Jul 2018
CVE-2016-8628 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest ansible to version 2.2.0.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.
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.