In ansible it was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a result.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-10874 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.8 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7 (ansible) | RHSA-2018:2166 | 2018-07-10 |
| Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.5 for RHEL 7 (ansible) | RHSA-2018:2150 | 2018-07-10 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (ansible) | RHSA-2019:0054 | 2019-01-16 |
| Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 (ansible) | RHSA-2018:2151 | 2018-07-10 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 (ansible) | RHBA-2018:3788 | 2018-12-05 |
| Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.4 for RHEL 7 Server (ansible) | RHSA-2018:2152 | 2018-07-10 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts | RHSA-2018:2321 | 2018-07-31 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) (ansible) | RHSA-2018:2585 | 2018-08-29 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | ansible | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 | ansible | Affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | ansible | Affected |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 | ansible | Affected |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 | ansible | Affected |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | ansible | Affected |
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