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ansible, ansible-base — security advisory
A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
- Products
- ansible, ansible-base
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.6.3-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-10875
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2018-10875
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.6.3-r0
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.6.3-r0
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.6.3-r0
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.6.3-r0
ansible-base
Fixed versions: 2.6.3-r0
ansible-base
Fixed versions: 2.6.3-r0
Complete source record
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