CVE-2020-1734
High
Description
A flaw was found in the pipe lookup plugin of ansible. Arbitrary commands can be run, when the pipe lookup plugin uses subprocess.Popen() with shell=True, by overwriting ansible facts and the variable is not escaped by quote plugin. An attacker could take advantage and run arbitrary commands by overwriting the ansible facts.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability—
Product
Redhat Ansible Engine
PublishedMar 3, 2020
First seenMar 3, 2020
Weakness typeCWE-78OS command injection
How to fix
Update
- ansible2.10.0rc1, 2.9.11, 2.8.13, 2.7.17 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| redhat ansible_engine | v ≤ 2.7.16, 2.8.8, 2.9.5 | — |
| redhat ansible_tower | v ≤ 3.3.4, 3.4.5, 3.5.5, 3.6.3 | — |
| ansiblePyPI | 2.10.0a1 ≤ v < 2.10.0rc1, 2.9.0a1 ≤ v < 2.9.11, v < 2.8.13, v < 2.7.17 | 2.10.0rc1, 2.9.11, 2.8.13, 2.7.17 |
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