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CVE-2018-10875

A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it poin

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00067
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

10
redhat openshiftall versions
redhat openstackall versions
debian linuxall versions

Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI ansible HIGH fixed in 2.4.6.0

Sigma Hunt Rules

1
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productmediumPowershell Detect Virtualization Environment

Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD13 Jul 2018 · 10:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Advisories

19
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10615-1
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/Third Party Advisory
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