[PR #8098/d62fe154 backport][stable-7] inventory plugins: make data obtained from remote unsafe (#8145)

inventory plugins: make data obtained from remote unsafe (#8098)

Make data obtained from remote unsafe.

(cherry picked from commit d62fe154d2)

Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

changelogs/fragments/inventory-rce.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+security_fixes:
+  - "cobbler, gitlab_runners, icinga2, linode, lxd, nmap, online, opennebula, proxmox, scaleway, stackpath_compute, virtualbox,
+     and xen_orchestra inventory plugin - make sure all data received from the remote servers is marked as unsafe, so remote
+     code execution by obtaining texts that can be evaluated as templates is not possible
+     (https://www.die-welt.net/2024/03/remote-code-execution-in-ansible-dynamic-inventory-plugins/,
+      https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/8098)."

plugins/inventory/cobbler.py

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable, to_safe_group_name
 from ansible.module_utils.six import text_type
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 # xmlrpc
 try:
@@ -274,9 +275,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
         for host in self._get_systems():
             # Get the FQDN for the host and add it to the right groups
             if self.inventory_hostname == 'system':
-                hostname = host['name']  # None
+                hostname = make_unsafe(host['name'])  # None
             else:
-                hostname = host['hostname']  # None
+                hostname = make_unsafe(host['hostname'])  # None
             interfaces = host['interfaces']
 
             if set(host['mgmt_classes']) & set(self.include_mgmt_classes):
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
                     if ivalue['management'] or not ivalue['static']:
                         this_dns_name = ivalue.get('dns_name', None)
                         if this_dns_name is not None and this_dns_name != "":
-                            hostname = this_dns_name
+                            hostname = make_unsafe(this_dns_name)
                             self.display.vvvv('Set hostname to %s from %s\n' % (hostname, iname))
 
             if hostname == '':
@@ -361,18 +362,18 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Cacheable):
             if ip_address is None and ip_address_first is not None:
                 ip_address = ip_address_first
             if ip_address is not None:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv4_address', ip_address)
+                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv4_address', make_unsafe(ip_address))
             if ipv6_address is None and ipv6_address_first is not None:
                 ipv6_address = ipv6_address_first
             if ipv6_address is not None:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv6_address', ipv6_address)
+                self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler_ipv6_address', make_unsafe(ipv6_address))
 
             if self.get_option('want_facts'):
                 try:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', host)
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, 'cobbler', make_unsafe(host))
                 except ValueError as e:
                     self.display.warning("Could not set host info for %s: %s" % (hostname, to_text(e)))
 
         if self.get_option('want_ip_addresses'):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv4_addresses', ip_addresses)
+            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv4_addresses', make_unsafe(ip_addresses))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv6_addresses', ipv6_addresses)
+            self.inventory.set_variable(self.group, 'cobbler_ipv6_addresses', make_unsafe(ipv6_addresses))

plugins/inventory/gitlab_runners.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ keyed_groups:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 try:
     import gitlab
@@ -106,11 +107,11 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
             else:
                 runners = gl.runners.all()
             for runner in runners:
-                host = str(runner['id'])
+                host = make_unsafe(str(runner['id']))
                 ip_address = runner['ip_address']
-                host_attrs = vars(gl.runners.get(runner['id']))['_attrs']
+                host_attrs = make_unsafe(vars(gl.runners.get(runner['id']))['_attrs'])
                 self.inventory.add_host(host, group='gitlab_runners')
-                self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'ansible_host', ip_address)
+                self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(ip_address))
                 if self.get_option('verbose_output', True):
                     self.inventory.set_variable(host, 'gitlab_runner_attributes', host_attrs)
 

plugins/inventory/icinga2.py

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.error import HTTPError
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
@@ -233,15 +234,15 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         """Convert Icinga2 API data to JSON format for Ansible"""
         groups_dict = {"_meta": {"hostvars": {}}}
         for entry in json_data:
-            host_attrs = entry['attrs']
+            host_attrs = make_unsafe(entry['attrs'])
             if self.inventory_attr == "name":
-                host_name = entry.get('name')
+                host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
             if self.inventory_attr == "address":
                 # When looking for address for inventory, if missing fallback to object name
                 if host_attrs.get('address', '') != '':
-                    host_name = host_attrs.get('address')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(host_attrs.get('address'))
                 else:
-                    host_name = entry.get('name')
+                    host_name = make_unsafe(entry.get('name'))
             if self.inventory_attr == "display_name":
                 host_name = host_attrs.get('display_name')
             if host_attrs['state'] == 0:
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
             # If the address attribute is populated, override ansible_host with the value
             if host_attrs.get('address') != '':
                 self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'ansible_host', host_attrs.get('address'))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', entry.get('name'))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'hostname', make_unsafe(entry.get('name')))
             self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'display_name', host_attrs.get('display_name'))
             self.inventory.set_variable(host_name, 'state',
                                         host_attrs['state'])

plugins/inventory/linode.py

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ compose:
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 try:
@@ -199,20 +200,21 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
     def _add_instances_to_groups(self):
         """Add instance names to their dynamic inventory groups."""
         for instance in self.instances:
-            self.inventory.add_host(instance.label, group=instance.group)
+            self.inventory.add_host(make_unsafe(instance.label), group=instance.group)
 
     def _add_hostvars_for_instances(self):
         """Add hostvars for instances in the dynamic inventory."""
         ip_style = self.get_option('ip_style')
         for instance in self.instances:
             hostvars = instance._raw_json
+            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
             for hostvar_key in hostvars:
                 if ip_style == 'api' and hostvar_key in ['ipv4', 'ipv6']:
                     continue
                 self.inventory.set_variable(
-                    instance.label,
+                    hostname,
                     hostvar_key,
-                    hostvars[hostvar_key]
+                    make_unsafe(hostvars[hostvar_key])
                 )
             if ip_style == 'api':
                 ips = instance.ips.ipv4.public + instance.ips.ipv4.private
@@ -221,9 +223,9 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
                 for ip_type in set(ip.type for ip in ips):
                     self.inventory.set_variable(
-                        instance.label,
+                        hostname,
                         ip_type,
-                        self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type])
+                        make_unsafe(self._ip_data([ip for ip in ips if ip.type == ip_type]))
                     )
 
     def _ip_data(self, ip_list):
@@ -254,21 +256,22 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         self._add_instances_to_groups()
         self._add_hostvars_for_instances()
         for instance in self.instances:
-            variables = self.inventory.get_host(instance.label).get_vars()
+            hostname = make_unsafe(instance.label)
+            variables = self.inventory.get_host(hostname).get_vars()
             self._add_host_to_composed_groups(
                 self.get_option('groups'),
                 variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                 strict=strict)
             self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(
                 self.get_option('keyed_groups'),
                 variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                 strict=strict)
             self._set_composite_vars(
                 self.get_option('compose'),
                 variables,
-                instance.label,
+                hostname,
                 strict=strict)
 
     def verify_file(self, path):

plugins/inventory/lxd.py

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError, AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.lxd import LXDClient, LXDClientException
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 try:
     import ipaddress
@@ -656,7 +657,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
 
         if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/network_interfaces'.format(instance_name)):  # instance have network interfaces
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'ssh')
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', interface_selection(instance_name))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(interface_selection(instance_name)))
         else:
             self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_connection', 'local')
 
@@ -682,31 +683,39 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
                 if self.filter.lower() != instance_state:
                     continue
             # add instance
+            instance_name = make_unsafe(instance_name)
             self.inventory.add_host(instance_name)
             # add network information
             self.build_inventory_network(instance_name)
             # add os
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/os'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_os', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
             # add release
             v = self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/release'.format(instance_name))
             if v:
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', v.lower())
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_release', make_unsafe(v.lower()))
             # add profile
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_profile', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/profile'.format(instance_name))))
             # add state
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', instance_state)
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_state', make_unsafe(instance_state))
             # add type
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_type', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/type'.format(instance_name))))
             # add location information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)) != "none":  # wrong type by lxd 'none' != 'None'
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_location', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/location'.format(instance_name))))
             # add VLAN_ID information
             if self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)):
-                self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name)))
+                self.inventory.set_variable(
+                    instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_vlan_ids', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/vlan_ids'.format(instance_name))))
             # add project
-            self.inventory.set_variable(instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name)))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(
+                instance_name, 'ansible_lxd_project', make_unsafe(self._get_data_entry('inventory/{0}/project'.format(instance_name))))
 
     def build_inventory_groups_location(self, group_name):
         """create group by attribute: location
@@ -979,7 +988,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             for group_name in self.groupby:
                 if not group_name.isalnum():
                     raise AnsibleParserError('Invalid character(s) in groupname: {0}'.format(to_native(group_name)))
-                group_type(group_name)
+                group_type(make_unsafe(group_name))
 
     def build_inventory(self):
         """Build dynamic inventory

plugins/inventory/nmap.py

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ from ansible.errors import AnsibleParserError
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         strict = self.get_option('strict')
 
         for host in hosts:
+            host = make_unsafe(host)
             hostname = host['name']
             self.inventory.add_host(hostname)
             for var, value in host.items():

plugins/inventory/online.py

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urljoin
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
@@ -169,20 +170,20 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             "support"
         )
         for attribute in targeted_attributes:
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, host_infos[attribute])
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, attribute, make_unsafe(host_infos[attribute]))
 
         if self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", make_unsafe(self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "ansible_host", make_unsafe(self.extract_public_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
         if self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "public_ipv4", make_unsafe(self.extract_private_ipv4(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
         if self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_name", self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_name", make_unsafe(self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
         if self.extract_os_version(host_infos=host_infos):
-            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_version", self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos))
+            self.inventory.set_variable(hostname, "os_version", make_unsafe(self.extract_os_name(host_infos=host_infos)))
 
     def _filter_host(self, host_infos, hostname_preferences):
 
@@ -201,6 +202,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
         if not hostname:
             return
 
+        hostname = make_unsafe(hostname)
+
         self.inventory.add_host(host=hostname)
         self._fill_host_variables(hostname=hostname, host_infos=host_infos)
 
@@ -210,6 +213,8 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin):
             if not group:
                 return
 
+            group = make_unsafe(group)
+
             self.inventory.add_group(group=group)
             self.inventory.add_host(group=group, host=hostname)
 

plugins/inventory/opennebula.py

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ except ImportError:
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 from collections import namedtuple
 import os
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         filter_by_label = self.get_option('filter_by_label')
         servers = self._retrieve_servers(filter_by_label)
         for server in servers:
+            server = make_unsafe(server)
             hostname = server['name']
             # check for labels
             if group_by_labels and server['LABELS']:

plugins/inventory/proxmox.py

@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlencode
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
             self._cache[self.cache_key][url] = data
 
-        return self._cache[self.cache_key][url]
+        return make_unsafe(self._cache[self.cache_key][url])
 
     def _get_nodes(self):
         return self._get_json("%s/api2/json/nodes" % self.proxmox_url)

plugins/inventory/scaleway.py

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.scaleway import
 from ansible.module_utils.urls import open_url
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 import ansible.module_utils.six.moves.urllib.parse as urllib_parse
 
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         zone_info = SCALEWAY_LOCATION[zone]
 
         url = _build_server_url(zone_info["api_endpoint"])
-        raw_zone_hosts_infos = _fetch_information(url=url, token=token)
+        raw_zone_hosts_infos = make_unsafe(_fetch_information(url=url, token=token))
 
         for host_infos in raw_zone_hosts_infos:
 
@@ -341,4 +342,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable):
         hostname_preference = self.get_option("hostnames")
 
         for zone in self._get_zones(config_zones):
-            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=zone, token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)
+            self.do_zone_inventory(zone=make_unsafe(zone), token=token, tags=tags, hostname_preferences=hostname_preference)

plugins/inventory/stackpath_compute.py

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ from ansible.plugins.inventory import (
     Cacheable
 )
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 display = Display()
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
         if not cache or cache_needs_update:
             results = self._query()
 
-        self._populate(results)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(results))
 
         # If the cache has expired/doesn't exist or
         # if refresh_inventory/flush cache is used

plugins/inventory/virtualbox.py

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_bytes, to_native, to_
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import MutableMapping
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
 from ansible.module_utils.common.process import get_bin_path
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 
 class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             self._add_host_to_keyed_groups(self.get_option('keyed_groups'), hostvars[host], host, strict=strict)
 
     def _populate_from_cache(self, source_data):
+        source_data = make_unsafe(source_data)
         hostvars = source_data.pop('_meta', {}).get('hostvars', {})
         for group in source_data:
             if group == 'all':
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             v = v.strip()
             # found host
             if k.startswith('Name') and ',' not in v:  # some setting strings appear in Name
-                current_host = v
+                current_host = make_unsafe(v)
                 if current_host not in hostvars:
                     hostvars[current_host] = {}
                     self.inventory.add_host(current_host)
@@ -170,12 +172,13 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
                 # try to get network info
                 netdata = self._query_vbox_data(current_host, netinfo)
                 if netdata:
-                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', netdata)
+                    self.inventory.set_variable(current_host, 'ansible_host', make_unsafe(netdata))
 
             # found groups
             elif k == 'Groups':
                 for group in v.split('/'):
                     if group:
+                        group = make_unsafe(group)
                         group = self.inventory.add_group(group)
                         self.inventory.add_child(group, current_host)
                         if group not in cacheable_results:
@@ -185,17 +188,17 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
 
             else:
                 # found vars, accumulate in hostvars for clean inventory set
-                pref_k = 'vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_')
+                pref_k = make_unsafe('vbox_' + k.strip().replace(' ', '_'))
                 leading_spaces = len(k) - len(k.lstrip(' '))
                 if 0 < leading_spaces <= 2:
                     if prevkey not in hostvars[current_host] or not isinstance(hostvars[current_host][prevkey], dict):
                         hostvars[current_host][prevkey] = {}
-                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = v
+                    hostvars[current_host][prevkey][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                 elif leading_spaces > 2:
                     continue
                 else:
                     if v != '':
-                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = v
+                        hostvars[current_host][pref_k] = make_unsafe(v)
                 if self._ungrouped_host(current_host, cacheable_results):
                     if 'ungrouped' not in cacheable_results:
                         cacheable_results['ungrouped'] = {'hosts': []}

plugins/inventory/xen_orchestra.py

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ from time import sleep
 
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.plugins.inventory import BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var as make_unsafe
 
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
 
@@ -347,4 +348,4 @@ class InventoryModule(BaseInventoryPlugin, Constructable, Cacheable):
             self.protocol = 'ws'
 
         objects = self._get_objects()
-        self._populate(objects)
+        self._populate(make_unsafe(objects))