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Vulnerability details: VCID-4cgp-6ar8-aaab
Vulnerability ID VCID-4cgp-6ar8-aaab
Aliases CVE-2014-4678
GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j
PYSEC-2020-203
Summary The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
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
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-4678.html
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828684
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4678
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-203.yaml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-203.yaml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
generic_textual CRITICAL https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-4678.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-4678.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-4678
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4678
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-203.yaml
https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678
1828684 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828684
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2014-4678 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j
GLSA-201411-09 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201411-09
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-4678.json
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-203.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4678
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.88397
EPSS Score 0.04731
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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