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Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ansible.src  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-ANSIBLESRC-15321542
  • published20 Feb 2026
  • disclosed1 Jan 2016
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Introduced: 1 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-9587  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible.src package and not the ansible.src package as distributed by RHEL.

Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.