{"answers":{"affected":"7 open source packages ship an affected version, including ansible. It affects 9 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7481 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade ansible to a fixed version for your release line: 2.3.1.0, 2.4.0.0, 2.1.6.0 or 2.2.3.0.","what":"CVE-2017-7481 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-7481 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-7481 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7481 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- ansible (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.3.1.0, 2.4.0.0\n- ansible (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.1.6.0\n- ansible (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.1.6.0\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.2.0.0; fixed in 2.2.3.0\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.2.0.0; fixed in 2.2.3.0\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.3.0.0; fixed in 2.3.1.0\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.3.0.0; fixed in 2.3.1.0\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-2017-7481/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7481/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-7481","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7481/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-7481","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7481","GHSA-w578-j992-554x","PYSEC-2018-41","RHSA-2017:2524","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7481"],"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":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code by injecting Unicode strings into Ansible lookup plugin results processed by Jinja2.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"ubuntu_linux","vendor":"canonical"},{"product":"debian_linux","vendor":"debian"},{"product":"ansible_engine","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"gluster_storage","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"openshift_container_platform","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"openstack","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"storage_console","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"virtualization","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"virtualization_manager","vendor":"redhat"}],"cvss":{"score":5.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"description":"Ansible before versions 2.3.1.0 and 2.4.0.0 fails to properly mark lookup-plugin results as unsafe. If an attacker could control the results of lookup() calls, they could inject Unicode strings to be parsed by the jinja2 templating system, resulting in code execution. By default, the jinja2 templating language is now marked as 'unsafe' and is not evaluated.","ecosystems":["PyPI","Red Hat:rhev_manager:4"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Ansible fails to properly mark lookup-plugin results as unsafe","id":"CVE-2017-7481","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":"canonical:ubuntu_linux","products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","redhat:openshift_container_platform","redhat:openstack","redhat:virtualization"],"type":"code_injection","year":"2017"},"n_packages":9,"n_references":11,"next":{"headline":"Integer overflow in kernel:","id":"CVE-2017-7482"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.3.1.0","2.4.0.0"],"introduced":["0","2.3.2.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","source":"PYSEC-2018-41"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.1.6.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-w578-j992-554x"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.1.6.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","source":"GHSA-w578-j992-554x"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.2.3.0"],"introduced":["2.2.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-w578-j992-554x"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.2.3.0"],"introduced":["2.2.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","source":"GHSA-w578-j992-554x"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.3.1.0"],"introduced":["2.3.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-w578-j992-554x"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.3.1.0"],"introduced":["2.3.0.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","source":"GHSA-w578-j992-554x"},{"ecosystem":"Red Hat:rhev_manager:4","fixed":["0:2.3.1.0-3.el7"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/ansible","source":"RHSA-2017:2524"},{"ecosystem":"Red Hat:rhev_manager:4","fixed":["0:2.3.1.0-3.el7"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible-doc","purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/ansible-doc","source":"RHSA-2017:2524"}],"prev":{"headline":"Supply chain in rkhunter","id":"CVE-2017-7480"},"products":["ansible"],"published":"2018-07-19","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass","id":"CVE-2020-11651","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2020-04-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2020-7247","kev_date_added":"2022-03-25","published":"2020-01-29"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Exim Out-of-bounds Write","id":"CVE-2019-16928","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2019-09-27"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Exim Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2018-6789","kev_date_added":"2021-11-03","published":"2018-02-08"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2015-2590","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2015-07-16"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Oracle JRE Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2013-0422","kev_date_added":"2022-05-25","published":"2013-01-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution","id":"CVE-2011-3544","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2011-10-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"Red Hat","prefix":"RHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["[UNKNOWN]"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code by injecting Unicode strings into Ansible lookup plugin results processed by Jinja2.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7481/"}