CVE-2014-3498

high
Published 2022-05-14 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
8.8

Description

The user module in ansible before 1.6.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3498

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.7.0+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.7.0+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.7.0+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed1.7.0+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.7.0+dfsg-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIansible<1.6.61.6.6
python PyPIansible<8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5||<1.6.68ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhatansible{"endIncluding":"1.6.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.