Vulnerability Intelligence Report

CVE-2014-4657

The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions.

No Active Exploit Signals

CVSS Base Score

9.8

CRITICAL

EPSS Probability:4.28%

Executive Threat Verdict

Evaluating...

Evaluating Threat Landscape...

Assessing known weaponization, exploitation telemetry, and federal advisories.

Attack Surface

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Authentication

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Weaponization

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SSVC Action

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Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor	Product	Affected Versions
redhat	ansible	all

Exploitation & Remediation

References & Technical Advisories

NVD Listing ↗ MITRE Listing ↗ GitHub Advisory ↗

No reference links found.

Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score

4.284%

GitHub Advisory

GHSA-qg47-5px9-32g7 ↗

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

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User Interaction

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Identity & Timeline

Status	PUBLISHED
Assigning Authority	MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA
Reserved	2014-06-25T00:00:00
Published	2020-02-20T14:28:16
Patch Date	2014-06-24
Last Updated	2024-08-06T11:20:26

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

Tactics

Techniques

CVE-2014-4657

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Public Weaponization & Exploit Code Exploit-DB Catalog

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Products & Versions

Exploitation & Remediation

References & Technical Advisories

Threat Intelligence Signals

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Identity & Timeline

SSVC Prioritization

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

CVE-2014-4657

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Public Weaponization & Exploit Code Exploit-DB Catalog

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Products & Versions

Exploitation & Remediation

References & Technical Advisories

Threat Intelligence Signals

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Identity & Timeline

SSVC Prioritization

MITRE ATT&CK Mapping

Community Chatter & Buzz

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