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CVE-2017-2809

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2809 describes an exploitable vulnerability in the YAML loading functionality of ansible-vault before version 1.0.5, allowing for arbitrary Python command execution through specially crafted vault files. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While the vulnerability is not on the CISA KEV catalog and lacks public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), its FAUCET Risk Score of 60/100 indicates a moderate risk, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ansible-vault_project:ansible-vault:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0297 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansible-vaultFixed in: 1.0.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-c2w9-48qc-qpj4high

Code injection in ansible

Jul 13, 2018

References

github.com / tomoh1r/ansible-vault/blob/v1.0.5/CHANGES.txt
Third Party Advisory
github.com / tomoh1r/ansible-vault/commit/3f8f659ef443ab870bb19f95d43543470168ae04
Third Party Advisory
github.com / tomoh1r/ansible-vault/issues/4
Third Party Advisory
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0305
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100824
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry