CVE-2020-1739
A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.16 and prior, 2.8.8 and prior, and 2.9.5 and prior when a password is set with the argument "password" of…
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- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.16 and prior, 2.8.8 and prior, and 2.9.5 and prior when a password is set with the argument "password" of svn module, it is used on svn command line, disclosing to other users within the same node. An attacker could take advantage by reading the cmdline file from that particular PID on the procfs.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Low3.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.9.
Weakness
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIansibleGHSA-923p-fr2c-g5m2 (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1739 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67797 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-a3f12bcff4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-0cab7041f7 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-87f5e1e829 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200505 [SECURITY] [DLA 2202-1] ansible security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4950 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-923p-fr2c-g5m2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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