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CVE-2014-4966: PYSEC-2020-204 - Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings, and does not prevent remote data with "{{" substring

CVE-2014-4966 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2020-02-18

Technologies: ansible (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Executive brief

Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings, and does not prevent remote data with "{{" substrings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted lookup('pipe') calls or (2) crafted Jinja2 data.

Affected products

  • PyPI ansible

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