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CVE-2020-10691

MEDIUM
5.2
CVSS Score
Published: April 30, 2020 at 04:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorAnsible TowerAnsible EngineAnsible

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Severity
MEDIUM5.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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

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

Ansible Engine· Red Hat
95%
2.9.0 ≤ v < 2.9.7
Affected range stops below 2.9.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ansible Tower· Red Hatrpm
95%
3.0
Ansible· Red Hat
60%
v < 2.9.7
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:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10691
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68596

CVSS

5.2MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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