id: PYSEC-2018-43
details: 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.
affected:
- package:
    name: ansible
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/ansible
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: "2.5"
    - fixed: 2.5.6
    - introduced: "2.4"
    - fixed: 2.4.6.0
    - introduced: "2.6"
    - fixed: 2.6.1
  versions:
  - 2.4.0.0
  - 2.4.1.0
  - 2.4.2.0
  - 2.4.3.0
  - 2.4.4.0
  - 2.4.5.0
  - 2.5.0
  - 2.5.1
  - 2.5.2
  - 2.5.3
  - 2.5.4
  - 2.5.5
  - 2.6.0
references:
- type: REPORT
  url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10875
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321
- type: WEB
  url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396
- type: WEB
  url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- type: WEB
  url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
- type: WEB
  url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fc4h-467w-46rh
aliases:
- CVE-2018-10875
- GHSA-fc4h-467w-46rh
modified: "2021-07-02T02:41:34.153569Z"
published: "2018-07-13T22:29:00Z"