CVE-2020-1737

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.36% (30th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

37 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.5highAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 6

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22USCWE-22US

affected products (37)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source Ansible <=2.7.17all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible <=2.8.9all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible <=2.9.6all versionscert_bundDE
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SUSE openSUSEall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:opensuse:-
Open Source Ansible≤ 2.7.17cert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible≤ 2.8.9cert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible≤ 2.9.6cert_bundDE
Red Hat Ansible≤ 2.8.9 and priorenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Ansible≤ 2.9.6 and priorenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Ansible≤ fixed in 2.10enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Ansible≤ 2.7.17 and priorenisa_euvdEU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 32fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 31fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 30fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Ansible2.7.0 → 2.7.17fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Ansible2.8.0 → 2.8.9fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Ansible2.9.0 → 2.9.6fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Ansible Tower≤ 3.3.5fstec_bduRU

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-3591Ansible: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von DateienDeutsch2020-03-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ansible ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren.
GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqxPath Traversal in Ansible2021-04-20ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2020-92020-03-09vendor · osvUS
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.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-03-09modified 2026-06-17

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references (25)

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