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CVE-2020-10744

MEDIUM
5
CVSS Score
Published: May 15, 2020 at 01:44 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:48 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAnsibleAnsible Tower

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Severity
MEDIUM5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

An incomplete fix was found for the fix of the flaw CVE-2020-1733 ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive. The provided fix is insufficient to prevent the race condition on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. Ansible Engine 2.7.18, 2.8.12, and 2.9.9 as well as previous versions are affected and Ansible Tower 3.4.5, 3.5.6 and 3.6.4 as well as previous versions are affected.

Affected

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

Ansible· Red Hat
95%
v ≤ 2.7.18v ≤ 2.8.12v ≤ 2.9.9v ≤ 3.4.5v ≤ 3.5.6v ≤ 3.6.42.7.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.7.182.8.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.8.122.9.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.9.9
Ansible Tower· Red Hatrpm
95%
3.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.4.53.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.5.63.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.6.4

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10744

CVSS

5MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-377CWE-362

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