{"id":"CVE-2014-4678","details":"The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.","aliases":["GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j","PYSEC-2020-203"],"modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:34.261766982Z","published":"2020-02-20T03:15:10Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}