Security readout for executives and security teams
Older Ansible versions had a flaw in restricted-environment connection plugins. A local user could abuse symbolic links to escape a chroot, jail, or zone boundary that administrators expected to contain automation activity. The main business risk is misplaced trust in isolation on legacy systems. Exposure is most likely in legacy automation estates running Ansible before 1.9.2 and using chroot, jail, or zone connection plugins. Systems not using these plugins are less likely to be affected based on the supplied evidence. Prioritize remediation where legacy Ansible manages sensitive systems or where restricted environments enforce tenant, user, or operational boundaries. This is not evidenced as internet-scale active exploitation, but it can undermine isolation assumptions. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Ansible to 1.9.2 or later where feasible.; Apply vendor security updates for maintained distributions.; Identify and retire legacy use of chroot, jail, or zone connection plugins..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95bCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243468CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190916 [SECURITY] [DLA 1923-1] ansible security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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