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CVE-2016-8614
A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary…
Medium6.3EPSS 2.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in Ansible before version 2.2.0. The apt_key module does not properly verify key fingerprints, allowing remote adversary to create an OpenPGP key which matches the short key ID and inject this key instead of the correct key.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIansibleGHSA-cmwx-9m2h-x7v4 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- 94108 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cmwx-9m2h-x7v4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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