CVE-2016-9587: Improper Input Validation

April 24, 2018 (updated October 9, 2019)

Ansible 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.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9587
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/

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