Path Traversal in Red Hat Ansible
CVE-2020-10691
An archive traversal flaw was found in all ansible-engine versions 2.9.x prior to 2.9.7, when running ansible-galaxy collection install. When extracting a collection .tar.gz file, the directory is created without sanitizing the filename. An attacker could take advantage to overwrite any file within the system.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (26.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Ansible — versions all ansible-engine versions 2.9.x prior to 2.9.7
- Red Hat Ansible Engine
- Red Hat Ansible Tower — versions 3.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Mitigation, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68596 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-10691?
- CVE-2020-10691 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2020-04-30.
- How severe is CVE-2020-10691?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.