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CVE-2020-10691

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Published: Apr 30, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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5.2
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 2.7
Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (2)

Redhat
2 products
Ansible Engine
Ansible Tower
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ansible Engine
From 2.9.0 to 2.9.7
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ansible Tower
Version 3.0

Related CWEs

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (4)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory

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