{"id":"CVE-2017-2809","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-2809","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T23:09:17.705Z","title":"An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5.","description":"An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5. A specially crafted vault can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into the vault to trigger this vulnerability.","published":"2017-09-14T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:16:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"talos-cna@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["ansible-vault project/ansible-vault"],"epss":{"score":0.02991,"percentile":0.87256,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.04192,"percentile":0.90519},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.02991,"percentile":0.86741}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGES.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/commit/3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGES.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/commit/3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2809","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}