HIGH
Ansible prior to 1.5.4 mishandles the evaluation of some strings
Published Jan 9, 2020
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.19%
Description
Ansible prior to 1.5.4 mishandles the evaluation of some strings.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
8.7 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality None
Vulnerable System Integrity High
Vulnerable System Availability None
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.19% 0.01190
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01190
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.19% (0.01190) | 66.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.18% (0.01180) | 63.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.34% (0.00344) | 54.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 30.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 28.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 26.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 33.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-49m5-2838-q2rv Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/998793fd0ab55705d57527a38cee5e83f535974c
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-198.yaml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/ansible-project/1.5.4/ansible-project/MUQxiKwSQDc/id6aVaawVboJ
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/ansible-project/1.5.4/ansible-project/MUQxiKwSQDc/id6aVaawVboJ x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2686
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 9, 2020
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Mar 30, 2014
Link CVE-2014-2686
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-49M5-2838-Q2RV Updated n/a