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Vulnerability · Published Mar 12, 2020 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2020-1739

Low 3.9

In plain English

A low-severity information exposure in Ansible from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.9Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.16 and prior, 2.8.8 and prior, and 2.9.5 and prior when a password is set with the argument "password" of svn module, it is used on svn command line, disclosing to other users within the same node. An attacker could take advantage by reading the cmdline file from that particular PID on the procfs.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12ansible2.9.7+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1739
Debian:13ansible2.9.7+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1739
Debian:14ansible2.9.7+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1739
PyPIansible2.7.17GHSA-923p-fr2c-g5m2
PyPIansible2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6PYSEC-2020-11
PyPIansible2.8.11GHSA-923p-fr2c-g5m2
PyPIansible2.9.7GHSA-923p-fr2c-g5m2

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Ansible 2.7.16 and prior2.8.8 and prior2.9.5 and prior

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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