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CVE-2017-7481

33
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7481 is a critical vulnerability affecting Ansible versions prior to 2.3.1.0 and 2.4.0.0, as well as distributions like Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. It allows for remote code execution due to improper handling of lookup-plugin results, which could enable an attacker to inject malicious Unicode strings into the Jinja2 templating system. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0480 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (19)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.1.6.0
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.2.3.0
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.3.1.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.2.56-1.git.0.b844ab7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.3.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.3.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.4.89-1.git.0.ac29ce8.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.3.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.5.71-1.git.0.128c2db.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.3.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata)Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.3.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2 for Red Hat Enteprise Linux 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.3.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.1Fixed in: ansible-0:2.3.1.0-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.3.82-1.git.0.af0c922.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.3.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.3.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer 1Fixed in: ansible

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-w578-j992-554xcritical

Ansible fails to properly mark lookup-plugin results as unsafe

Sep 6, 2018
redhatCVE-2017-7481Moderate

ansible: Security issue with lookup return not tainting the jinja2 environment

May 9, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1244
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1334
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1476
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1499
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1599
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2524
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / ansible/ansible/commit/ed56f51f185a1ffd7ea57130d260098686fcc7c2
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4072-1
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/98492
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry