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Unscored USN-6846-3 0 CVEs

ansible regression

Published Feb 13, 2025 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

USN-6846-1 fixed vulnerabilities in ansible. The update introduced a
regression in ansible. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Ansible incorrectly handled certain inputs when
using tower_callback parameter. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2022-3697)

It was discovered that Ansible incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a
user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a
Template Injection. (CVE-2023-5764)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS ansible 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm4
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS ansible 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm4

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2097504