Security Advisory
CVE-2016-9587
8.1
HIGH
Vulnerability 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.
Published Date
April 24, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory