Ansible does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in certificates · CVE-2015-3908 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Ansible does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in certificates

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 10, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 31, 2023

Package

ansible (pip)

Affected versions

< 1.9.2

Patched versions

1.9.2

Description

Ansible before 1.9.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 10, 2018

Reviewed Jun 16, 2020

Last updated Aug 31, 2023