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CVE-2020-1735: Path Traversal

March 16, 2020 (updated August 7, 2021)

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.

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1735
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1735

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Affected versions

All versions up to 2.7.16, all versions starting from 2.8.0 up to 2.8.8, all versions starting from 2.9.0 up to 2.9.5

Fixed versions

  • 2.7.17
  • 2.8.9
  • 2.9.6

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6 or above.

Impact 4.6 MEDIUM

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

pypi/ansible/CVE-2020-1735.yml

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