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CVE-2020-1734

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Published: Mar 3, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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7.4
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 6.0
Source: NVD

Description

A flaw was found in the pipe lookup plugin of ansible. Arbitrary commands can be run, when the pipe lookup plugin uses subprocess.Popen() with shell=True, by overwriting ansible facts and the variable is not escaped by quote plugin. An attacker could take advantage and run arbitrary commands by overwriting the ansible facts.

Affected (7)

2 products
Ansible Engine
Ansible Tower
Configuration A
7 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Redhat
Up to 2.7.16
Version 2.8.8
Version 2.9.5
Redhat
Up to 3.3.4
Version 3.4.5
Version 3.5.5
Version 3.6.3

References (4)

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

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