CVE-2014-3498 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution

What is CVE-2014-3498?

CVE-2014-3498 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jun 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The user module in ansible before 1.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3498?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including ansible. It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Ansible.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3498?

Upgrade ansible to 1.6.6 or later.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2014-3498 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3498 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2014-4657 Ansible Remote Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4966 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4967 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7550 Ansible Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7466 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution High 8.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3498, GHSA-4cvm-5776-jx9f, PYSEC-2017-2, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3498.