CVE-2017-7466: Improper Input Validation

June 22, 2018 (updated October 9, 2019)

Ansible has an input validation vulnerability in the 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/97595
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7466
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7466

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