Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-8628
Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.012
EPSS Ranking 78.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.6
CVSS v2 Score 9.0
Products affected by CVE-2016-8628
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.01
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.10
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.7
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.8
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.6.9
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.8.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.8.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.0-2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.0.1-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.1-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.1-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.1-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.1-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.1-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.2-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.2-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.2-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.3-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.3-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.3-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.3-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.4-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.4-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.4-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.4-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.5-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.5-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.6-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.9.6-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0-0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0-0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0-0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0-0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0-0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0.1-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.0.2-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.1.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.1.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.1.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.2.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.2.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.2.0-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.2.0-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.0.2.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.0.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.0.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.0.0-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.0.0-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.0.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.1.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.1.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.1.0-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.1.0-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.1.0-0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.1.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.2.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.2.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.2.0-0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.2.0-0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.2.0-0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.2.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.3.0-0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.3.0-0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.3.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.4.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.5.0-1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.1.6.0-1