{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4966","details":"Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with \"{{\" and \"lookup\" substrings, and does not prevent remote data with \"{{\" substrings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted lookup('pipe') calls or (2) crafted Jinja2 data.","modified":"2025-10-14T16:46:08Z","published":"2020-02-18T15:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-4966"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4966"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/84759faa0950146a6bae8452580b4a4cede6d871"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/22"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4966"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ansible","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"}]}],"versions":["1.1+dfsg-1","1.3.4+dfsg-1","1.4.0+dfsg-1","1.4.1+dfsg-1","1.4.3+dfsg-1","1.4.4+dfsg-1","1.5.4+dfsg-1","1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ansible","binary_version":"1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"ansible-fireball","binary_version":"1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"ansible-node-fireball","binary_version":"1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4966.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}