CVE-2020-1739
lowpriority · track · 16EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (48)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-3590Ansible: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2020-03-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ansible ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-923p-fr2c-g5m2Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Ansible2021-04-07ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2020-112020-03-12vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (30)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-1739cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1739cnnvd
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67797cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00005.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWDK3QUVBULS3Q3PQTGEKUQYPSNOU5M3/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QT27K5ZRGDPCH7GT3DRI3LO4IVDVQUB7/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3IMV3XEIUXL6S4KPLYYM4TVJQ2VNEP2/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1739cnnvd
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