Vigil@nce - Ansible Core: privilege escalation via ansible_facts
May 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerabilities-watch-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Ansible Core, Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights, data creation/edition.
Provenance: user account.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 25/03/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via ansible_facts of Ansible
Core, in order to escalate his privileges.
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https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Ansible-Core-privilege-escalation-via-ansible-facts-31875