GHSA-3xvg-x47j-x75w: ansible (CVE-2018-10874)

In ansible it was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attacker's control, allowing to run arbitrary code as a result.

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0049 · 41st percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 2 Jul 2018, 13:29 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
ansible	PyPI	<2.4.6.0 \|\| >=2.5, <2.5.6 \|\| >=2.6, <2.6.1	2.4.6.0, 2.5.6, 2.6.1

Identifiers

GHSA-3xvg-x47j-x75w · CVE-2018-10874 · PYSEC-2018-81

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-426

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0049, the 41st percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the GitHub Advisory Database, published 2 Jul 2018. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

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