CVE-2020-1737 HIGH

CVE-2020-1737

Vendor Red Hat
Product Ansible
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published March 9, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 9, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated