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CVE-2014-3498

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3498 describes a critical vulnerability in Ansible versions prior to 1.6.6, specifically within the user module, allowing remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this flaw presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and severe potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0250 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 1.6.6

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-4cvm-5776-jx9fhigh

Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2014-3498Low

ansible: Potential untrusted template execution

Jun 30, 2014

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / ansible/ansible/commit/8ed6350e65c82292a631f08845dfaacffe7f07f5
PatchThird Party Advisory