What is CVE-2020-1738?

CVE-2020-1738 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 3.9/10. Published 2020-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-1738?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible

CVE-2020-1738

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when the module package or service is used and the parameter 'use' is not specified. If a previous task is executed with a malicious user, the module sent can be selected by the attacker using the ansible…

EPSS: 0.002 (44.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Red Hat Ansible — versions 2.7.x, 2.8.x, 2.9.x

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67796 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
GLSA-202006-11 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1738?: CVE-2020-1738 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 3.9/10. Published 2020-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-1738?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.9 out of 10.