Vulnerability CVE-2020-1738


Published: 2020-03-16

Description:
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when the module package or service is used and the parameter 'use' is not specified. If a previous task is executed with a malicious user, the module sent can be selected by the attacker using the ansible facts file. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

Type:

CWE-88

(Argument Injection or Modification)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.4/10
6.4/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Ansible 
Redhat -> Ansible tower 
Redhat -> Cloudforms management engine 
Redhat -> Openstack 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1738
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67796

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