CVE-2016-8628

Name	CVE-2016-8628
Description	Ansible before version 2.2.0 fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller. An attacker with the ability to create special variables on the controller could execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients as the user Ansible runs as.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	high (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	842985

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
ansible (PTS)	jessie	1.7.2+dfsg-2	fixed
	jessie (security)	1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch	2.2.1.0-2+deb9u1	fixed
	buster	2.7.7+dfsg-1	fixed
	bullseye, sid	2.7.8+dfsg-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
ansible	source	(unstable)	2.2.0.0-1	high		842985
ansible	source	jessie	(not affected)

[jessie] - ansible <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Fixed upstream in v2.2.0.0-1
Needs an attacker to compromise a controlled server.