CVE-2018-10875 — Untrusted Search Path in Redhat Ansible
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV9.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 13
Latest updateMay 13
Description
A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages10 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.04
🔴Vulnerability Details
5📋Vendor Advisories
3💬Community
3Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-10875 ansible: ansible.cfg is being read from current working directory allowing possible code execution [fedora-all]↗2018-07-06
Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-10875 ansible: ansible.cfg is being read from current working directory allowing possible code execution [epel-all]↗2018-07-06
Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-10875 ansible: ansible.cfg is being read from current working directory allowing possible code execution↗2018-06-29