{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including ansible. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8628 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade ansible to 2.2.0.0 or later.","what":"CVE-2016-8628 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, published on 31 Jul 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-8628 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-8628 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, published on 31 Jul 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8628 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- ansible (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.2.0.0\n- ansible (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.2.0.0\n- ansible (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.2.0.0\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8628/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8628/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-8628","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-8628/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-8628","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8628","GHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgq","PYSEC-2018-38","RHSA-2016:2778","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8628"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Ansible automation tool","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients by sending unsanitized fact variables from the controller.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"command_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"ansible","vendor":"redhat"}],"cvss":{"score":7.6,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-77","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command"}],"description":"Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. 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Execution","id":"CVE-2014-4657","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-20"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution","id":"CVE-2014-4966","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution","id":"CVE-2014-4967","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-02-18"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Ansible Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability","id":"CVE-2017-7550","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-21"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution","id":"CVE-2014-3498","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-06-08"},{"cvss_score":8,"headline":"Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution","id":"CVE-2017-7466","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-06-22"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Ansible Sandbox Escape via Symlink Attack","id":"CVE-2015-6240","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-06-07"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use 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