Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible
CVE-2020-10744
An incomplete fix was found for the fix of the flaw CVE-2020-1733 ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive. The provided fix is insufficient to prevent the race condition on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. Ansible Engine 2.7.18, 2.8.12, and 2.9.9 as well as previous versions are affected and Ansible Tower 3.4.5, 3.5.6 and 3.6.4 as well as previous versions are affected.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (16.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 16.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Ansible — versions ansible-engine 2.7.18 and prior, ansible-engine 2.8.12 and prior, ansible-engine 2.9.9 and prior
- Red Hat Ansible
- Red Hat Ansible Tower
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-10744?
- CVE-2020-10744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Insecure Temporary File. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2020-05-15.
- How severe is CVE-2020-10744?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-10744 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.