CVE-2014-4678 (GCVE-0-2014-4678)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-20 02:49 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:27
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Summary
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.
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CWE
  • Other
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n/a Ansible Affected: before 1.6.4
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