Vulnerability in Debian Linux
CVE-2020-14365
A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packages using the dnf module. GPG signatures are ignored during installation even when disable_gpg_check is set to False, which is the default behavior. This flaw leads to malicious packages being installed on the system and arbitrary code executed via package installation scripts. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability.
EPSS: 0.002 (14.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0
- Redhat Ansible_engine
- Redhat Ansible_tower — versions 3.0
- Redhat Ceph_storage — versions 2.0, 3.0
- Redhat Openstack_platform — versions 10.0, 13.0
- N/a Ansible — versions ansible-engine 2.8.15, ansible-engine 2.9.13
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-14365?
- CVE-2020-14365 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Linux, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2020-09-23.
- How severe is CVE-2020-14365?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-14365 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.