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CVE-2020-1737

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 9, 2020 at 03:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:02 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorAnsible TowerAnsible EngineAnsible

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, and 2.9.6 and prior when using the Extract-Zip function from the win_unzip module as the extracted file(s) are not checked if they belong to the destination folder. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting an archive anywhere in the file system, using a path traversal. This issue is fixed in 2.10.

Affected

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

Ansible Engine· Red Hat
95%
v < 2.7.172.8.0 ≤ v < 2.8.92.9.0 ≤ v < 2.9.6
Affected range stops below 2.7.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.8.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.9.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Ansible Tower· Red Hatrpm
95%
v ≤ 3.3.43.4.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.4.53.5.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.5.53.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.6.3
Ansible· Red Hat
60%
v ≤ 2.7.17v ≤ 2.8.9v ≤ 2.9.6
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.10 (unaffected)

References (6)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1737
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67795
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWDK3QUVBULS3Q3PQTGEKUQYPSNOU5M3/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QT27K5ZRGDPCH7GT3DRI3LO4IVDVQUB7/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3IMV3XEIUXL6S4KPLYYM4TVJQ2VNEP2/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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