RCE in Red Hat Ansible
CVE-2020-10684
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all versions 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x prior to 2.7.17, 2.8.9 and 2.9.6 respectively, when using ansible_facts as a subkey of itself and promoting it to a variable when inject is enabled, overwriting the an…
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.000 (8.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.9 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Red Hat Ansible — versions all Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17, all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.9, all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- FEDORA-2020-1b6ce91e37 (vendor-advisory)
- FEDORA-2020-3990f03ba3 (vendor-advisory)
- FEDORA-2020-f80154b5b4 (vendor-advisory)
- GLSA-202006-11 (vendor-advisory)
- DSA-4950 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-10684?
- CVE-2020-10684 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.9/10. Published 2020-03-24.
- How severe is CVE-2020-10684?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-10684 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.