CVE-2016-8614

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-07-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-358

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.

Affected products

Red Hat Ansible: before 2.2.0 — fixed in 2.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Ansible 2.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8614
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/5237
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5353
https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/pull/5357

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