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CVE-2020-10685 — A flaw was found in Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when using modules which decrypts vault files such as assemble,

CVSS
5.0 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.19% (top 59.50%)
CWE
CWE-459
Published
2020-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T11:06:10.628Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when using modules which decrypts vault files such as assemble, script, unarchive, win_copy, aws_s3 or copy modules. The temporary directory is created in /tmp leaves the s ts…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatAnsibleansible-engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17, ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.11, ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.7, Ansible Tower <= 3.4.5, Ansible Tower <= 3.5.5, Ansible Tower <= 3.6.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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