CVE catalog
CVE-2016-8628
ansible: CVE-2016-8628
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.21% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | sid | 14.4.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | forky | 14.0.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | trixie | 12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | bookworm | 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ansible | 16.04 | 1.9.2+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | 16.04 | 1.9.4-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | 16.04 | 2.0.0.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | 16.04 | 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | 16.04 | 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | source | sid | 2.2.0.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [842985] |
| Debian | ansible | source | forky | 2.2.0.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [842985] |
| Debian | ansible | source | trixie | 2.2.0.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [842985] |
| Debian | ansible | source | bookworm | 2.2.0.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [842985] |
| Ubuntu | ansible | deb | 16.04 | 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8628 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [ansible]Fixed
Details (2)
7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.2.0.0-1dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm; dsa · ansible · debian · 12
7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.2.0.0-1dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm; dsa · ansible · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [ansible]Fixed
Details (2)
12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.2.0.0-1dsa · ansible · debian · 13
12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.2.0.0-1dsa · ansible · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2024_1509-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8628]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8628]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8628]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-8628.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]