CVE-2020-1739

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

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.

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-2020-1739.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-1739

OS impact

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

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIansible<2.7.172.7.17
python PyPIansible>=2.8.0a1,<2.8.112.8.11
python PyPIansible>=2.9.0a1,<2.9.72.9.7
python PyPIansible>=2.9.0,<2.9.62.7.17

References

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