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TI-2020-08588 Aliases CVE-2020-10685GHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4

Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in Red Hat Ansible

Priority LOW 25CWE-459Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
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. Impact type from CWE-668 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00361 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial ansible (PyPI): 2.7.17, 2.8.11, 2.9.7Red 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 HatAnsibleansible-engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17; ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.11; ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.7; Ansible Tower <= 3.4.5; Ansible Tower <= 3.5.5; Ansible Tower <= 3.6.3—No fix listedCNA
—ansible (PyPI)2.7.0a1 to before 2.7.172.7.17Patch availableGHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4
—ansible (PyPI)2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.112.8.11Patch availableGHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4
—ansible (PyPI)2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.72.9.7Patch availableGHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4
  • Ansible VendorRed Hat Affected ansible-engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17; ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.11; ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.7; Ansible Tower <= 3.4.5; Ansible Tower <= 3.5.5; Ansible Tower <= 3.6.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.7.0a1 to before 2.7.17 Fixed in 2.7.17 Patch available GHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.8.0a1 to before 2.8.11 Fixed in 2.8.11 Patch available GHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4
  • ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0a1 to before 2.9.7 Fixed in 2.9.7 Patch available GHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.7.0 to before 2.7.17; 2.8.0 to before 2.8.11; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.7VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.4.5; 3.5.0 – 3.5.5; 3.6.0 – 3.6.3VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.7.0 to before 2.7.17; 2.8.0 to before 2.8.11; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.7 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.4.5; 3.5.0 – 3.5.5; 3.6.0 – 3.6.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4 ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.7.17 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4 ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.8.11 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4 ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.9.7 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

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—

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-10685
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77g3-3j5w-64w4

References

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 5

  • 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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