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Vulnerability details: VCID-bc3y-qwxc-p3dx
Vulnerability ID VCID-bc3y-qwxc-p3dx
Aliases CVE-2014-2686
GHSA-49m5-2838-q2rv
PYSEC-2020-198
Summary Ansible prior to 1.5.4 mishandles the evaluation of some strings.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-670 Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00259 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
epss 0.00376 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-49m5-2838-q2rv
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-198.yaml
cvssv4 8.7 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-198.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-198.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/1.5.4/ansible-project/MUQxiKwSQDc/id6aVaawVboJ
cvssv4 8.7 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/1.5.4/ansible-project/MUQxiKwSQDc/id6aVaawVboJ
generic_textual HIGH https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/1.5.4/ansible-project/MUQxiKwSQDc/id6aVaawVboJ
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2686
cvssv4 8.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2686
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2686
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-2686
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2686
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-198.yaml
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/1.5.4/ansible-project/MUQxiKwSQDc/id6aVaawVboJ
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2686
GHSA-49m5-2838-q2rv https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-49m5-2838-q2rv
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-198.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-198.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/1.5.4/ansible-project/MUQxiKwSQDc/id6aVaawVboJ
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/1.5.4/ansible-project/MUQxiKwSQDc/id6aVaawVboJ
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2686
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2686
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.49236
EPSS Score 0.00259
Published At April 24, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:42:12.351459+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-198.yaml 38.0.0