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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.3

CVE-2016-8614 json

Ansible apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprint

published 2018-07-31 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-cmwx-9m2h-x7v4 , PYSEC-2018-37 , EUVD-2018-0010

cvss
6.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible 2.2.0.0
  • redhat ansible 2.2.0
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.0.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8614

  • ansible Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
  • ansible Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8614

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ansible openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Proxy Module 4.3, Manager Client Tools 15 2.9.27-150000.1.17.2
  • grafana Manager Client Tools 15 9.5.18-150000.1.63.2
  • spacecmd openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.27-150000.3.116.2
  • mgr-daemon Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.9-150000.1.47.2
  • spacewalk-koan Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.6-150000.3.33.2
  • dracut-saltboot openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5, Manager Client Tools 15 0.1.1710765237.46af599-150000.1.53.2
  • POS_Image-JeOS7 openSUSE Leap 15.5, Manager Client Tools 15 0.1.1710765237.46af599-150000.1.21.2
  • uyuni-common-libs Manager Client Tools 15 4.3.10-150000.1.39.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1509-1SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1

  • ansible Package Hub 12 2.4.1.0-6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2017:2976-1openSUSE-SU-2017:2978-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-8614 updated cvss 6.3

ansible: Improper verification of key fingerprints in apt_key module

  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) ansible Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer 1 ansible Red Hat Storage 3 ansible Red Hat Storage Console 2 ansible
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
<2.2.0.0
2.2.0.0

Affected products

  • Red Hat Ansible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-358 Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard
  • CWE-320 Key Management Errors

References

Sources

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