CVE-2016-9587
Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 17.14% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 9 January 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- redhat/ansible · ansible/ansible · redhat/openstack
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 17.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0195.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0260.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.