CVE-2020-1735
MEDIUM4.6EPSS 0.14%Path Traversal in Ansible
Published: 4/7/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1735
Description
A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine when the fetch module is used. An attacker could intercept the module, inject a new path, and then choose a new destination path on the controller node. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ansiblefrom 0, < 2.9.7+dfsg-1
- PyPI/ansible>= 2.7.0a1, < 2.7.18
- PyPI/ansiblefrom 0, < 2.7.17, >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.9, >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (21)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfr2-qpxh-qj9m
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1735
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-1735
- PATCHhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1735
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/stable-2.9/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst#security-fixes-7
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/18f91bbb88a84b1d3614ef41c3550da735592ac1
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/40969ff43812fabf5397f818d9e521f9b39c9c9a
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/de9a4f5474c5f5db442ae7493d6b5da7177e335d
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67793
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/69023
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/69024
- WEBhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/69025
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-7.yaml
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DKPA4KC3OJSUFASUYMG66HKJE7ADNGFW
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DKPA4KC3OJSUFASUYMG66HKJE7ADNGFW/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MRRYUU5ZBLPBXCYG6CFP35D64NP2UB2S
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MRRYUU5ZBLPBXCYG6CFP35D64NP2UB2S/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WQVOQD4VAIXXTVQAJKTN7NUGTJFE2PCB
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WQVOQD4VAIXXTVQAJKTN7NUGTJFE2PCB/
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11