pypi package report

Is ansible safe?

ansible (pypi) has 66 known vulnerabilities, the worst rated CRITICAL. No single fixed version is recorded that clears every advisory, so check each one below. No malicious-package signal is recorded.

// reach

1 direct dependencies

1 carry known advisories, worst HIGH

5 packages depend on it

an advisory here reaches each of them

  • crds
  • ign8
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// ai model usage

No published models are known to use this package.


cvss
9.8
critical

CVSS v3.1 base score out of 10

epss
5.3%
medium

chance of exploitation in 30 days, 93rd percentile of all CVEs

xyz score
4.9
medium

CyberXYZ composite out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j, the advisory selected below

// 66 advisories

The safeeval function in Ansible before 1.6.4 does not properly restrict the code subset, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted…

Full advisory text at GitHub advisory or NVD.

// cvss v3.1 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
// questions
Is ansible safe to install?

CyberXYZ does not call a package safe in absolute terms. It records 66 known vulnerabilities for ansible (pypi), the worst rated CRITICAL, and no malicious-package signal. Whether it is acceptable depends on the version you run.

Does ansible have known vulnerabilities?

Yes. CyberXYZ records 66 known vulnerabilities for ansible (pypi), the worst rated CRITICAL. These include GHSA-66c7-5pwv-mm3j, GHSA-wqq5-c89p-3wc3, GHSA-64cw-m57j-65xj, GHSA-qg47-5px9-32g7, GHSA-588w-w6mv-3cw5.

How do I check ansible before installing?

Search ansible in CyberXYZ Check at https://cyberxyz.io/check?q=ansible. The xyz Scanner checks a project's dependencies, and CyberXYZ Proxy checks each package as it is installed.


Checked 2026-11-14 at 12:47 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2025-12-04. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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