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Vulnerability details: VCID-pze9-prz5-aaap
Vulnerability ID VCID-pze9-prz5-aaap
Aliases CVE-2014-4657
GHSA-qg47-5px9-32g7
PYSEC-2020-199
Summary The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-4657.html
cvssv3 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-4657.json
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rhbs urgent https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1831263
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4657
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg47-5px9-32g7
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-199.yaml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-199.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4657
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4657
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4657
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20210120133852/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68232
generic_textual CRITICAL https://web.archive.org/web/20210120133852/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68232
generic_textual Medium http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/19
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-4657.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-4657.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-4657
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4657
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-199.yaml
https://web.archive.org/web/20210120133852/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68232
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68232
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/19
1831263 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1831263
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2014-4657 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4657
GHSA-qg47-5px9-32g7 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg47-5px9-32g7
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-2014-4657.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

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low

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

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required

unchanged

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none

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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/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

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low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
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-2020-199.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4657
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

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none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
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-2014-4657
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

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required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
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-2014-4657
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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required

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high

low

none

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low

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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://web.archive.org/web/20210120133852/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68232
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

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none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.83069
EPSS Score 0.02239
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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