{
    "id": "CVE-2014-4678",
    "published": "2020-02-20 03:15:10",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:10:26",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-74",
    "description": "The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted instructions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-4657.",
    "epss_score": "0.05240",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92309",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-07 18:17:11",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "ansible"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916",
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ",
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2",
        "https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5",
        "https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678",
        "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/5429b85b9f6c2e640074176f36ff05fd5e4d1916",
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/message/raw?msg=ansible-announce/ieV1vZvcTXU/5Q93ThkY9rIJ",
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4678",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/30",
        "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/02/2",
        "https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-2c493ac8-205e-11e5-a4a5-002590263bf5",
        "https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/gentoo-linux-cve-2014-4678"
    ]
}