CVE-2017-2809

HIGH

ansible-vault < 1.0.5 - Remote Code Execution via YAML Loading

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of ansible-vault before 1.0.5. A specially crafted vault can execute arbitrary python commands resulting in command execution. An attacker can insert python into the vault to trigger this vulnerability.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0297
EPSS Percentile 85.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (3)
ansible-vault_project/ansible-vault < 1.0.4
pypi/ansible-vault 0 - 1.0.5PyPI
Tomohiro Nakamura/ansible-vault 1.0.4
Published Sep 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026