CVE-2020-1738

lowpriority · track · 16EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.40% (34th) EPSS

CVSS 2.6 · low

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27 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when the module package or service is used and the parameter 'use' is not specified. If a previous task is executed with a malicious user, the module sent can be selected by the attacker using the ansible facts file. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

cvss

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

3.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.02.6lowAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 4.9

v3.13.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 2.7

v3.13.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.13.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 2.7

v3.13.9lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · OSV

v3.13.6lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-88USprimaryCWE-88US

affected products (27)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Open Source Ansible <2.7.17all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible <2.8.11all versionscert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible <2.9.7all 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< 2.8.11cert_bundDE
Open Source Ansible< 2.9.7cert_bundDE
Red Hat Ansible≤ 2.7.x, 2.8.x, 2.9.xenisa_euvdEU
redhat ansible≤ 2.7.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible2.8.0 → 2.8.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible2.9.0 → 2.9.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible tower≤ 3.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible tower3.3.5 → 3.4.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible tower3.5.0 → 3.5.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible tower3.6.0 → 3.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat cloudforms management engine= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2478Ansible: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-03-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Ansible ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen und Informationen offenzulegen
GHSA-f85h-23mf-2fwhArgument Injection in Ansible2022-02-09ghsa · osvUS
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when the module package or service is used and the parameter 'use' is not specified. If a previous task is executed with a malicious user, the module sent can be selected by the attacker using the ansible facts file. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.
PYSEC-2020-102020-03-16vendor · osvUS
A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when the module package or service is used and the parameter 'use' is not specified. If a previous task is executed with a malicious user, the module sent can be selected by the attacker using the ansible facts file. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-03-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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