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CVE-2018-10875
July 13, 2018
A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Affected Packages
ansible (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2.6.0a1 <2.6.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.6.1
ansible (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2.5.0a1 <2.5.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.5.6
ansible (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=1.0 <2.4.6.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.4.6.0
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.6
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Untrusted Search Path
EPSS
Base Score:
0.04