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CVE-2016-8628

HIGH · CVSS 7.6 EPSS 3.25%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-07-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2016-8628
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.6
EPSS
3.25%

Original NVD Description

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.

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