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CVE-2020-1737 json

Path Traversal in Ansible

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx , PYSEC-2020-9 , EUVD-2020-0031

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible 2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6
  • redhat ansible_engine 2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.7+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1737

  • ansible ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.7-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.7-1.el8ae
  • ansible-test ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.7-1.el7ae
  • ansible-test ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.7-1.el8ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.7 2.7.17-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8 2.8.11-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8 2.8.11-1.el8ae

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1542RHSA-2020:1541RHSA-2020:1544RHSA-2020:1543

  • storm OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 1.2.3-3.6.1
  • ansible OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 2.9.14-3.15.1
  • grafana OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 6.7.4-4.12.1
  • ardana-mq OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1593618123.678c32b-3.26.1
  • ardana-nova OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1601298847.dd01585-3.42.1
  • crowbar-core OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1600432272.b3ad722f0-3.44.1
  • python-kombu OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 4.1.0-3.7.1
  • ardana-cinder OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1596129856.263f430-3.43.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1

  • ansible-14 openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-13 openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.7.0-1.1
  • ansible-12 openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.2.0-1.1
  • ansible-11 openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.11.0-1.1
  • ansible-10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-9 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.8.0-1.1
  • ansible Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12447-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10944-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1

  • ansible Alpine 3.10 2.8.9-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.12, Alpine 3.11 2.9.6-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.9 2.7.17-r0
  • ansible-base Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 2.9.6-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-1737

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-1737 updated cvss 7.5

ansible: Extract-Zip function in win_unzip module does not check extracted path

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 ansible Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) ansible Red Hat Storage 3 ansible
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue except avoid using the affected win_unzip module when possible.”
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible 2.9.7-1.el7ae, ansible-test 2.9.7-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.9.7-1.el8ae, ansible-test 2.9.7-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue except avoid using the affected win_unzip module when possible.” RHSA-2020:1542
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.7.17-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue except avoid using the affected win_unzip module when possible.” RHSA-2020:1544
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.8.11-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.8.11-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue except avoid using the affected win_unzip module when possible.” RHSA-2020:1543
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.9.7-1.el7ae, ansible-test 2.9.7-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.9.7-1.el8ae, ansible-test 2.9.7-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue except avoid using the affected win_unzip module when possible.” RHSA-2020:1541
  • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-tower-34/ansible-tower-memcached 1.4.15-28, ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower-memcached 1.4.15-28, ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-memcached-rhel7 1.4.15-28
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue except avoid using the affected win_unzip module when possible.” RHBA-2020:0547
  • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5 for RHEL 7 Server ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower 3.5.6-1
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue except avoid using the affected win_unzip module when possible.” RHBA-2020:1539
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ansible-tower, ansible-tower-ui, ansible-tower-setup, ansible-tower-server, ansible-tower-venv-tower, ansible-tower-venv-ansible
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
>=2.8.0a1, <2.8.9
>=2.9.0a1, <2.9.6
<2.7.17
>=2.8.0, <2.8.9
>=2.9.0, <2.9.6
2.8.9
2.9.6
2.7.17

Affected products

  • Red Hat Ansible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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