TI-2020-15653 Aliases CVE-2020-25635 GHSA-f556-49jc-4rvc

A flaw was found in Ansible Base when using the aws_ssm connection plugin as garbage…

LOW 25CWE-212Published 2020-10-05 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

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

Summary

A flaw was found in Ansible Base when using the aws_ssm connection plugin as garbage collector is not happening after playbook run is completed. Files would remain in the bucket exposing the data. This issue affects directly data confidentiality.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00319 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed ansible (PyPI): 2.10.1

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
AWS Community	Community Collections	from 1.0.0 to 1.2.0	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	ansible (PyPI)	before 2.10.1	2.10.1	Patch available	GHSA-f556-49jc-4rvc

Community Collections VendorAWS Community Affected from 1.0.0 to 1.2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
ansible (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2.10.1 Fixed in 2.10.1 Patch available GHSA-f556-49jc-4rvc

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.10.1:rc2::::::	2.10.1 rc2	Vulnerable	Red Hat

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:2.10.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.10.1 rc2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-f556-49jc-4rvc ansible (PyPI) Fixed in 2.10.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-25635
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f556-49jc-4rvc

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

TI-2016-07808 Improper input validation in Ansible CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2014-03853 Injection in Ansible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-03839 The safe_eval function in Ansible before 1.5.4 does not properly restrict the code… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-05191 Sensitive information in log files in Red Hat ansible CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-04077 Multiple argument injection vulnerabilities in Ansible before 1.6.7 allow remote… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-04076 Ansible before 1.6.7 does not prevent inventory data with "{{" and "lookup" substrings… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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