Security advisory

{
  "id": "058814a3012f4c2708df4dca9b852f2c2e952a8238337a98259c0fa8f8f70325",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9587",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-9587",
    "summary": "Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9587",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-9587",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-9587",
        "GHSA-m956-frf4-m2wr",
        "PYSEC-2018-39"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2c832c736f026be4d2d5440e1bd44459b2a868aa"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.1.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2.1.4.0-0.3.rc3",
            "v2.1.4.0-0.2.rc2",
            "v2.1.4.0-0.1.rc1",
            "v2.1.3.0-1",
            "v2.1.3.0-0.3.rc3",
            "v2.1.3.0-0.2.rc2",
            "v2.1.3.0-0.1.rc1",
            "v2.1.2.0-1",
            "v2.1.2.0-0.5.rc5",
            "v2.1.2.0-0.4.rc4",
            "v2.1.2.0-0.3.rc3",
            "v2.1.2.0-0.2.rc2",
            "v2.1.2.0-0.1.rc1",
            "v2.1.1.0-1",
            "v2.1.1.0-0.5.rc5",
            "v2.1.1.0-0.4.rc4",
            "v2.1.1.0-0.3.rc3",
            "v2.1.1.0-0.2.rc2",
            "v2.1.1.0-0.1.rc1",
            "v2.1.0.0-0.4.rc4",
            "v2.1.0.0-0.3.rc3",
            "v2.1.0.0-0.2.rc2",
            "v2.1.0.0-0.1.rc1",
            "v2.0.0-0.5.beta3",
            "v2.0.0-0.4.beta2",
            "v2.0.0-0.3.beta1",
            "v2.0.0-0.2.alpha2",
            "v2.0.0-0.1.alpha1",
            "v1.6.0",
            "v1.4.0",
            "v1.2",
            "v1.1",
            "v1.0",
            "0.7",
            "0.3",
            "0.0.1",
            "0.01"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9587.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:16.143893466Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:ansible:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "ansible:ansible",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "2.2.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "redhat:openstack",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "11"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "11"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9587",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429298,
  "published_at": "2018-04-24T16:29:00.22+00:00"
}