CVE-2020-10782

lowpriority · track · 26OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.29% (22nd) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Is it mine?
5 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An exposure of sensitive information flaw was found in Ansible version 3.7.0. Sensitive information, such tokens and other secrets could be readable and exposed from the rsyslog configuration file, which has set the wrong world-readable permissions. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. This is fixed in Ansible version 3.7.1.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-rhel7@sha256:aa09402740bacddc9ddc3be4fcee4b7d5ec4698553c787ab50eff97ade9d8c13_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.7 for RHEL 7redhat_csaf

    For information on upgrading Ansible Tower, reference the Ansible Tower Upgrade and Migration Guide: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/latest/html/upgrade-migration-guide/index.html

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2617
  • Workaroundansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-rhel7@sha256:aa09402740bacddc9ddc3be4fcee4b7d5ec4698553c787ab50eff97ade9d8c13_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.7 for RHEL 7redhat_csaf

    Setting manual permissions for the rsyslog.conf file to 0640 would mitigate the issue temporarily. However, be aware that every time the Tower services are restarted, the permissions are restored to 644 after some time.

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cvss

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

6.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–6.5

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 4
v3.16.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 2 · impact 4
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-200USCWE-200USCWE-276USCWE-276USCWE-276US
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affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • RHSA-2020:2617Red Hat Security Advisory: security update - Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.7.1-1 - RHEL7 Container2020-06-19csaf · redhat_csafUS

    Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.7.1-1 - RHEL7 Container

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bdunvdredhat_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-06-18modified 2026-06-17
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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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