High severity · published Jul 31, 2018
CVE-2016-8614
A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0
7.5
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Ansible · Red Hat
2.2.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8614
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8614
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94108
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614
Exploit
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357
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