VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-10875
A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.59%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- redhat/ansible engine · redhat/ceph storage · redhat/gluster storage · redhat/openshift · redhat/openstack · redhat/virtualization · redhat/virtualization host · debian/debian linux · suse/package hub · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10875Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10875Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.