VDB
PYSEC-2020-9
PYSEC-2020-9
PUBLISHED
CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH
A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, and 2.9.6 and prior when using the Extract-Zip function from the win_unzip module as the extracted file(s) are not checked if they belong to the destination folder. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting an archive anywhere in the file system, using a path traversal. This issue is fixed in 2.10.
Risk Scores
CVSS 4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI | ansible | 1.6.5, 0, 2.8.0 |
Timeline
- Mar 9, 2020 CVE Published
- Nov 8, 2023 CVE Updated
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1737 report
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QT27K5ZRGDPCH7GT3DRI3LO4IVDVQUB7/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWDK3QUVBULS3Q3PQTGEKUQYPSNOU5M3/ url
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3IMV3XEIUXL6S4KPLYYM4TVJQ2VNEP2/ url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67795 discussion
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11 advisory