TI-2014-04076 Aliases CVE-2014-4966 GHSA-wqq5-c89p-3wc3

Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings…

MEDIUM 48CWE-74Published 2020-02-18 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03521 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed ansible (PyPI): 1.6.7

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	ansible (PyPI)	before 1.6.7	1.6.7	Patch available	GHSA-wqq5-c89p-3wc3

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.6.7 Fixed in 1.6.7 Patch available GHSA-wqq5-c89p-3wc3

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible::::::::	before 1.6.7	Vulnerable	Red Hat

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.6.7 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-wqq5-c89p-3wc3 ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 1.6.7 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-4966
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wqq5-c89p-3wc3

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-204.yaml

TI-2016-07808 Improper input validation in Ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2014-03853 Injection in Ansible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-03839 The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict the code… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-05191 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat ansible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-04077 Multiple argument injection vulnerabilities in Ansible before 1.6.7 allow remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2016-07090 Command injection in Red Hat Ansible CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1

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Sources

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