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CVE-2016-8628

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8628 describes a critical vulnerability in Ansible versions prior to 2.2.0, where improper sanitization of fact variables from the controller allows a highly privileged attacker to execute arbitrary commands on Ansible clients. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0325 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 462 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.4 Mastodon, and 1.7 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.2.0.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.0.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.2.42-1.git.0.6b09be9.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: ansible-0:2.2.0.0-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: openshift-ansible-0:3.3.50-1.git.0.5bdbeaa.el7
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer 1Fixed in: ansible

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-jg4f-jqm5-4mgqcritical

Ansible fails to properly sanitize fact variables sent from the Ansible controller

Oct 10, 2018
redhatCVE-2016-8628Moderate

ansible: Command injection by compromised server via fact variables

Nov 1, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:2778
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94109
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry