CVE-2018-10875

A flaw was found in ansible. ansible.cfg is read from the current working directory which can be altered to make it point to a plugin or a module path under the control of an attacker, thus allowing the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2018-07-13 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-10875 is rated Low Risk (37.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-10875

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-21 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2025-11-21 0.11% 0.04% -0.06%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.11% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-10875

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-10875

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-10875

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-10875

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2018-10875: 2 source package rows (ansible, ansible-base); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-10875
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-10875 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ansible), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10875
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10875
suse high CVE-2018-10875 severity important: SUSE including 121 source package names (ansible, ansible-10-10.6.0-1.1, …), 256 product×package rows across 14 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA, … (14 product lines)): Fixed 249, Known Not Affected 7. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10875/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-10875 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ansible), 18 status rows across 18 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 14, released 3, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10875

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-10875

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat ansible_engine 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ceph_storage 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ceph_storage 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat gluster_storage 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:gluster_storage:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
redhat openstack 10 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 12 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 13 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat virtualization 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat virtualization_host 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse package_hub — cpe:2.3:a:suse:package_hub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-10875

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041396 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:3788 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2150 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2151 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2152 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2166 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2321 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2585 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0054 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10875 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4396 Third Party Advisory
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