CVE-2020-1735

Published: Mar 16, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.6

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 1.5 / Impact: 2.7

Source: NVD

Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine when the fetch module is used. An attacker could intercept the module, inject a new path, and then choose a new destination path on the controller node. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

Affected (13)

Products: Redhat: Ansible, Ansible Tower, Cloudforms Management Engine, Openstack · Debian: Debian Linux · Fedoraproject: Fedora

4 products

Cloudforms Management Engine

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

9 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Ansible	version < 2.7.17
Redhat Ansible	2.8.0 ≤ version < 2.8.11
Redhat Ansible	2.9.0 ≤ version < 2.9.7
Redhat Ansible Tower	version ≤ 3.3.4
Redhat Ansible Tower	3.3.5 ≤ version ≤ 3.4.5
Redhat Ansible Tower	3.5.0 ≤ version ≤ 3.5.5
Redhat Ansible Tower	3.6.0 ≤ version ≤ 3.6.3
Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine	Version 5.0
Redhat Openstack	Version 13

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 10.0

Configuration C

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 30
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 31
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 32

Related CWEs

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 (14)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1735

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67793

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKPA4KC3OJSUFASUYMG66HKJE7ADNGFW/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRRYUU5ZBLPBXCYG6CFP35D64NP2UB2S/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQVOQD4VAIXXTVQAJKTN7NUGTJFE2PCB/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1735

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67793

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKPA4KC3OJSUFASUYMG66HKJE7ADNGFW/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRRYUU5ZBLPBXCYG6CFP35D64NP2UB2S/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQVOQD4VAIXXTVQAJKTN7NUGTJFE2PCB/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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