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CVE-2014-4966

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4966 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Ansible versions prior to 1.6.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting specially crafted Jinja2 data or lookup('pipe') calls into inventory or remote data. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100 indicates significant potential impact if exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0352 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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 (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 1.6.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-wqq5-c89p-3wc3critical

Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution

May 17, 2022

References

github.com / ansible/ansible/commit/62a1295a3e08cb6c3e9f1b2a1e6e5dcaeab32527
PatchThird Party Advisory
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2014-004.html
Third Party Advisory