CVE-2020-10685

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 11, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
7 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxOpenStackCeph Storage

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when using modules which decrypts vault files such as assemble, script, unarchive, win_copy, aws_s3 or copy modules. The temporary directory is created in /tmp leaves the s ts unencrypted. On Operating Systems which /tmp is not a tmpfs but part of the root partition, the directory is only cleared on boot and the decryp emains when the host is switched off. The system will be vulnerable when the system is not running. So decrypted data must be cleared as soon as possible and the data which normally is encrypted ble.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.7.0 ≤ v < 2.7.172.8.0 ≤ v < 2.8.112.9.0 ≤ v < 2.9.7
Affected range stops below 2.7.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.8.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v ≤ 3.4.53.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.5.53.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.6.3
v ≤ 3.4.5v ≤ 3.5.5v ≤ 3.6.3v < 2.7.17v < 2.8.11v < 2.9.7
Affected range stops below 2.7.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.8.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-459

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