Path Traversal in Red Hat Ansible

CVE-2020-1737

A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, and 2.9.6 and prior when using the Extract-Zip function from the win_unzip module as the extracted file(s) are not checked if they belong to the destination folder. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting an archive anywhere in the file system, using a path traversal. This issue is fixed in 2.10.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1737?
CVE-2020-1737 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-1737?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.