CVE-2020-1735

unknown
Published 2021-04-07 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1735.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-1735

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debiansidfixed2.9.7+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.9.7+dfsg-1
debian debianbookwormfixed2.9.7+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.9.7+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.9.7+dfsg-1
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIansible>=2.7.0a1,<2.7.182.7.18
python PyPIansible>=2.8.0a1,<2.8.122.8.12
python PyPIansible>=2.9.0a1,<2.9.82.9.8
python PyPIansible>=2.9.0,<2.9.62.7.17

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.