CVE-2016-8614

unknown
Published 2018-10-10 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8614.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8614

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.2.0.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.2.0.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.2.0.0-1
debian debiansidfixed2.2.0.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.2.0.0-1
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIansible<2.2.0.02.2.0.0

References

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