CVE-2017-7466 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution

What is CVE-2017-7466?

CVE-2017-7466 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Redhat Openstack, published on 22 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Ansible before version 2.3 has an input validation vulnerability in the 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7466?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including ansible. It affects 2 products.

Products include Redhat Ansible, Redhat Openstack.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7466?

Upgrade ansible to a fixed version for your release line: 2.2.3.0 or 2.3.0.0.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2017-7466 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7466 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openstack

• 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-2014-3498 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution High 8.8

All Redhat Openstack vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as CVE-2017-7469, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7466, GHSA-3m8p-xpm6-8ww3, PYSEC-2018-40, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7466.