CVE-2016-9587

HIGHNVD 8.18.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This high-severity CVE scores 8.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 17% (97th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
8.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 17%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
52
EG Risk 52/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity81% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 8.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
17%
EPSS %ILE
97th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (8.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 8.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
8.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
17% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-21). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

April 24, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated Sep 16, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Web page

Ansible 2.1.4/2.2.1 - Command Execution - Linux remote Exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41013/
Web page

Ansible: Remote execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201701-77) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-77
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

1404378 – (CVE-2016-9587) CVE-2016-9587 Ansible: Compromised remote hosts can lead to running commands on the Ansible controller

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9587
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1685
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0515
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0448
Web page

CVE-2016-9587 - PSIRT.COM

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95352

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatansible-0:2.3.0.0-4.el72017-07-06redhat
redhatpython-passlib-0:1.6.5-1.1.el72017-03-14redhat
redhatopenshift-ansible-0:3.4.67-1.git.0.14a0b4d.el72017-03-06redhat
redhatpython-passlib-0:1.6.5-1.el72017-02-07redhat
redhatansible-0:2.2.1.0-1.el72017-01-25redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(7 across 7 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.4(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ansible—
  • every version up to 2.1.4.0-r0: fixed in 2.1.4.0-r0
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Alpine:v3.5(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ansible—
  • every version up to 2.2.1.0-r0: fixed in 2.2.1.0-r0
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ansible—
  • every version up to 2.2.0.0-3: fixed in 2.2.0.0-3
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ansible—
  • every version up to 2.2.0.0-3: fixed in 2.2.0.0-3
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ansible—
  • every version up to 2.2.0.0-3: fixed in 2.2.0.0-3
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ansible—
  • every version up to 2.2.0.0-3: fixed in 2.2.0.0-3
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PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
ansible1.0 ... 2.2.0.0 (61 versions)
  • every version up to 2.1.4.0: fixed in 2.1.4.0
  • 2.2.0.0 up to 2.2.1.0: fixed in 2.2.1.0
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(5)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 32× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 91 of 154 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 9 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 63 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-22 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 17% · 97th percentile
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  3. 2026-10-22 07:16 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-30 14:58 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 17% · 97th percentile
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-41013
    Published Jan 9, 2017

    Ansible 2.1.4/2.2.1 - Command Execution

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2016-9587?
CVE-2016-9587 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on April 24, 2018. Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute…
When was CVE-2016-9587 made public?
CVE-2016-9587 was made public on January 9, 2017: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on April 24, 2018. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2016-9587 actively exploited?
CVE-2016-9587 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 17% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (97th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-9587?
CVE-2016-9587 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2016-9587?
A fix for CVE-2016-9587 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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