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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2018-10875 json

Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution

published 2018-07-13 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-fc4h-467w-46rh , PYSEC-2018-43 , EUVD-2018-0016

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 48%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible 2.4.6.0, 2.5.6, 2.6.1
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.1+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10875

  • ansible Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3
  • ansible Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10875

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 openstack 13, openstack 12, openstack 10 +1 more 2.4.6.0-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.5 2.5.6-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.6, ansible engine 2 2.6.1-1.el7ae
  • imgbased RHEL 7 1.0.22-1.el7ev
  • python-imgbased RHEL 7 1.0.22-1.el7ev
  • redhat-virtualization-host RHEL 7 4.2-20180724.0.el7_5
  • redhat-release-virtualization-host RHEL 7 4.2-5.0.el7
  • redhat-virtualization-host-image-update RHEL 7 4.2-20180724.0.el7_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2585RHSA-2018:2150RHSA-2018:2151RHSA-2018:2166RHSA-2018:2152RHSA-2018:2321

  • storm OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 1.2.3-3.6.1
  • ansible OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 2.9.14-3.15.1
  • grafana OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 6.7.4-4.12.1
  • ardana-mq OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1593618123.678c32b-3.26.1
  • ardana-nova OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1601298847.dd01585-3.42.1
  • crowbar-core OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1600432272.b3ad722f0-3.44.1
  • python-kombu OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 4.1.0-3.7.1
  • ardana-cinder OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1596129856.263f430-3.43.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1SUSE-SU-2018:4130-1

  • ansible-14 openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-13 openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.7.0-1.1
  • ansible-12 openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.2.0-1.1
  • ansible-11 openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.11.0-1.1
  • ansible-10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-9 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.8.0-1.1
  • ansible Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1
  • ansible Package Hub 15, Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.7.8-bp150.3.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12447-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10944-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1

  • ansible Alpine 3.12, Alpine 3.11, Alpine 3.10 +1 more 2.6.3-r0
  • ansible-base Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 2.6.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-10875

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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-2018-10875 updated cvss 7.8

ansible: ansible.cfg is being read from current working directory allowing possible code execution

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 ansible Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 ansible Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 ansible Red Hat Storage 3 ansible
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible 2.6.1-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2151
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.4 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.4.6.0-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2152
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.5 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.5.6-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2150
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.6.1-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2166
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 ansible 2.4.6.0-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0054
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 ansible 2.4.6.0-1.el7ae, ansible-role-redhat-subscription 1.0.1-4.el7ost
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2018:3788
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 ansible 2.4.6.0-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2585
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  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host 4.2-20180724.0.el7_5, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update 4.2-20180724.0.el7_5 Red Hat RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) imgbased 1.0.22-1.el7ev, python-imgbased 1.0.22-1.el7ev, redhat-release-virtualization-host 4.2-5.0.el7, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder 4.2-5.0.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2321
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) ansible Red Hat Satellite 6 ansible
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
<2.4.6.0
>=2.5.0a1, <2.5.6
>=2.6.0a1, <2.6.1
>=2.5, <2.5.6
>=2.4, <2.4.6.0
>=2.6, <2.6.1
2.4.6.0
2.5.6
2.6.1

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] ansible

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.