CVE-2020-14365

High

Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packages using the dnf module. GPG signatures are ignored during installation even when disable_gpg_check is set to False, which is the default behavior. This flaw leads to malicious packages being installed on the system and arbitrary code executed via package installation scripts. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Ansible Engine
PublishedSep 23, 2020
First seenSep 23, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-347CWE-347

How to fix

Update
  • ansible2.8.15, 2.9.13, 2.8.16rc1, 2.9.14rc1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat ansible_engine2.8.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.8.15, 2.9.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.9.13—
redhat ansible_tower3.6.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.6.5, 3.7.0 ≤ v ≤ 3.7.2, 3.0—
redhat ceph_storage2.0, 3.0—
redhat openstack_platform10.0, 13.0—
debian debian_linux10.0—
ansiblePyPI2.8.0a1 ≤ v < 2.8.15, 2.9.0a1 ≤ v < 2.9.13, 2.8.0 ≤ v < 2.8.16rc1, 2.9.0 ≤ v < 2.9.14rc12.8.15, 2.9.13, 2.8.16rc1, 2.9.14rc1

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