PYSEC-2020-10 — Vulnetix

PYSEC-2020-10 PUBLISHED

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.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
PyPI	ansible	1.2.2, 0, 2.9.0

Timeline

Mar 16, 2020 CVE Published
Nov 8, 2023 CVE Updated
May 1, 2026 Security Advisory

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1738 report
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f85h-23mf-2fwh advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67796 discussion
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11 advisory

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