CVE-2014-4678

unknown
Published 2022-05-24 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debiantrixiefixed1.6.6+dfsg-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.6.6+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.6.6+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.6.6+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed1.6.6+dfsg-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIansible<1.6.41.6.4
python PyPIansible<5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916||<1.6.45429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916

References

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