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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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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.