Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a low-severity issue in the drybjed ansible-ntp Ansible role. The reported risk is excessive network message volume, limited to local-network conditions. Sources describe exploitation as difficult, with low availability impact and no confidentiality or integrity impact.
Executive priority
Treat this as routine maintenance unless the role is widely deployed in sensitive local networks. The practical business impact appears limited, but stale automation dependencies can persist unnoticed.
Technical view
CVE-2014-125036 affects unknown functionality in meta/main.yml of drybjed ansible-ntp. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L, mapped to CWE-406. A patch commit is identified, but affected versions are listed as n/a.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely limited to environments using the drybjed ansible-ntp role, especially unpatched copies or pinned dependency references. The source bundle does not identify packaged release versions or downstream distributions.
Exploitation context
The source states exploitation requires local network adjacency, low privileges, and high attack complexity. CISA KEV status is false, and the provided sources do not claim active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: affected versions are n/a and the vulnerable functionality is not described beyond meta/main.yml. Validate against repository history and local dependency locks rather than assuming product-wide exposure.
Mitigation direction
- Apply or incorporate patch commit ed4ca2cf012677973c220cdba36b5c60bfa0260b.
- Check the upstream repository for any release or version guidance.
- Replace or pin vendored role copies to a patched revision.
- Document any temporary exception for legacy automation environments.
Validation and detection
- Search infrastructure code for drybjed ansible-ntp role usage.
- Verify role metadata includes the patched commit or later equivalent.
- Confirm no vendored copy still contains the vulnerable meta/main.yml state.
- Record affected automation projects and owners for remediation tracking.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CWE-406: Exact CWE lookup
Use the exact CWE identifier as the starting point before reviewing related ATT&CK behavior. Open the exact CWE lookup page first, then review the ATT&CK searches from that MITRE weakness context. This is a Glexia lookup hint, not an official ATT&CK mapping.
Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2014-125036 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Low
- CVSS
- 2.6 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS vector scores
1 official scoreWe collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L1.21.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
2.6LowVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://vuldb.com/?id.217190CVE reference · vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217190CVE reference · signature, permissions-required
- https://github.com/drybjed/ansible-ntp/commit/ed4ca2cf012677973c220cdba36b5c60bfa0260bCVE reference · patch
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.
Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification)
Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume (Network Amplification) represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.