CVE-2020-10744

lowpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (17th) EPSS

CVSS 3.7 · low

Is it mine?

30 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An incomplete fix was found for the fix of the flaw CVE-2020-1733 ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive. The provided fix is insufficient to prevent the race condition on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. Ansible Engine 2.7.18, 2.8.12, and 2.9.9 as well as previous versions are affected and Ansible Tower 3.4.5, 3.5.6 and 3.6.4 as well as previous versions are affected.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–5

v2.03.7lowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 6.4

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.7

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.7

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · OSV

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-362USprimaryCWE-362USCWE-377USCWE-377USCWE-668US

affected products (30)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Ansible <=2.7.18all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible <=2.8.12all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible <=2.9.9all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible Tower <=3.4.5all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible Tower <=3.5.6all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible Tower <=3.6.4all versionscert_bundDE
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Open Source Ansible≤ 2.7.18cert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible≤ 2.8.12cert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible≤ 2.9.9cert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible Tower≤ 3.6.4cert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible Tower≤ 3.4.5cert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible Tower≤ 3.5.6cert_bundDE
Red Hat Ansible≤ ansible-tower 3.5.6 and priorenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Ansible≤ ansible-tower 3.6.4 and priorenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Ansible≤ ansible-tower 3.4.5 and priorenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Ansible≤ ansible-engine 2.7.18 and priorenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Ansible≤ ansible-engine 2.8.12 and priorenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Ansible≤ ansible-engine 2.9.9 and priorenisa_euvdEU
redhat ansible2.7.0 → 2.7.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-1037Ansible: Schwachstelle ermöglicht nicht spezifizierten AngriffDeutsch2020-05-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ansible und Ansible Tower ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-vp9j-rghq-8jhhExposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere and Insecure Temporary File in Ansible2022-02-09ghsa · osvUS
An incomplete fix was found for the fix of the flaw CVE-2020-1733 ansible insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive. The provided fix is insufficient to prevent the race condition on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. Ansible Engine 2.7.18, 2.8.12, and 2.9.9 as well as previous versions are affected and Ansible Tower 3.4.5, 3.5.6 and 3.6.4 as well as previous versions are affected.
PYSEC-2020-2082020-05-15vendor · osvUS
An incomplete fix was found for the fix of the flaw CVE-2020-1733 ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive. The provided fix is insufficient to prevent the race condition on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. Ansible Engine 2.7.18, 2.8.12, and 2.9.9 as well as previous versions are affected and Ansible Tower 3.4.5, 3.5.6 and 3.6.4 as well as previous versions are affected.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-05-15modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

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