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TI-2020-01681 Aliases CVE-2020-1737GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx

Path traversal in Red Hat Ansible

Priority LOW 34CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 9 fixed, 5 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00365 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial ansible (PyPI): 2.8.9, 2.9.6, 2.7.17Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 9 fixed, 5 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Red HatAnsibleup to 2.7.17; up to 2.8.9; up to 2.9.6; fixed in 2.10—No fix listedCNA
—ansible (PyPI)2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.92.8.9Patch availableGHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx
—ansible (PyPI)2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.62.9.6Patch availableGHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx
—ansible (PyPI)before 2.7.172.7.17Patch availableGHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx
  • Ansible VendorRed Hat Affected up to 2.7.17; up to 2.8.9; up to 2.9.6; fixed in 2.10 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.9 Fixed in 2.8.9 Patch available GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.6 Fixed in 2.9.6 Patch available GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.7.17 Fixed in 2.7.17 Patch available GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.7.17; 2.8.0 to before 2.8.9; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.6VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.3.4; 3.4.0 – 3.4.5; 3.5.0 – 3.5.5; 3.6.0 – 3.6.3VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.7.17; 2.8.0 to before 2.8.9; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.6 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.3.4; 3.4.0 – 3.4.5; 3.5.0 – 3.5.5; 3.6.0 – 3.6.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.9 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.9.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.17 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2020:1543 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.8.11)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.8.11-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.8.11-1.el8ae
  • RHSA-2020:1544 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.7.17)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.7.17-1.el7ae
  • RHSA-2020:1542 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.7)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible-2.9.7-1.el7ae, ansible-test-2.9.7-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.9.7-1.el8ae, ansible-test-2.9.7-1.el8ae
Show 1 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2020:1541 Released 2020-04-22 · Red Hat rating Important
    Ansible security and bug fix update (2.9.7)
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-2.9.7-1.el7ae, ansible-test-2.9.7-1.el7ae
    • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8 ansible-2.9.7-1.el8ae, ansible-test-2.9.7-1.el8ae

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — FEDORA-2020-a3f12bcff4

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2020-01683 Information disclosure in Red Hat AnsiblePriority LOW 18
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — FEDORA-2020-0cab7041f7

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2020-01683 Information disclosure in Red Hat AnsiblePriority LOW 18
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →
Show 1 more group
  • Advisory ·

    Red Hat Ansible — FEDORA-2020-87f5e1e829

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2020-01683 Information disclosure in Red Hat AnsiblePriority LOW 18
    Show all 2 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Ceph Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Storage 3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed RHSA-2020:1542
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2020:1542
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:1544
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:1543
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2020:1543
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed RHSA-2020:1541
Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2020:1541
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed—
Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5 for RHEL 7 ServerFixed—
Not affected: 1 product
  • CloudForms Management Engine 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-1737
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx

References

Advisory 8

Other 9

  • TI-2018-05593 transport.py in the SSH server implementation of Paramiko before 1.17.6, 1.18.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-05127 Improper input validation in [UNKNOWN] ansible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-03523 Information disclosure in ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-11051 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat Ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-07689 Untrusted search path in [UNKNOWN] ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-07688 Untrusted search path in [UNKNOWN] ansible CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
See all 24 →

Sources

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