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Status published
High
CVE-2017-2809
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the yaml loading functionality of...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100824
- https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGES.txt
- https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4
- https://github.com/tomoh1r/ansible-vault/commit/3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305
Affected Vendor
Tomohiro Nakamura
View all reports →Affected Software
ansible-vault
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 14th, 2017
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.