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Vulnerability details: VCID-rdwq-93d6-c7b4
Vulnerability ID VCID-rdwq-93d6-c7b4
Aliases CVE-2020-10744
GHSA-vp9j-rghq-8jhh
PYSEC-2020-208
Summary An incomplete fix was found for the fix of the flaw CVE-2020-1733 ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive. The provided fix is insufficient to prevent the race condition on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. Ansible Engine 2.7.18, 2.8.12, and 2.9.9 as well as previous versions are affected and Ansible Tower 3.4.5, 3.5.6 and 3.6.4 as well as previous versions are affected.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (5)
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-377 Insecure Temporary File
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.0 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-10744.json
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
epss 0.00038 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10744
cvssv4 2.0 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10744
generic_textual LOW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10744
cvssv3.1 5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp9j-rghq-8jhh
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp9j-rghq-8jhh
cvssv4 2.0 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp9j-rghq-8jhh
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp9j-rghq-8jhh
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv4 2.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77d0effcc5b2da1ef23e4ba32986a9759c27c10d
cvssv4 2.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77d0effcc5b2da1ef23e4ba32986a9759c27c10d
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77d0effcc5b2da1ef23e4ba32986a9759c27c10d
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/84afa8e90cd168ff13208c8eae3e533ce7e21e1f
cvssv4 2.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/84afa8e90cd168ff13208c8eae3e533ce7e21e1f
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/84afa8e90cd168ff13208c8eae3e533ce7e21e1f
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ffd3757fc35468a97791e452e7f2d14c3e3fcb80
cvssv4 2.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ffd3757fc35468a97791e452e7f2d14c3e3fcb80
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ffd3757fc35468a97791e452e7f2d14c3e3fcb80
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69782
cvssv4 2.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69782
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69782
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-208.yaml
cvssv4 2.0 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-208.yaml
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-208.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10744
cvssv4 2.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10744
generic_textual LOW https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10744
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-10744.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-10744
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10744
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10744
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp9j-rghq-8jhh
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77d0effcc5b2da1ef23e4ba32986a9759c27c10d
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/84afa8e90cd168ff13208c8eae3e533ce7e21e1f
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ffd3757fc35468a97791e452e7f2d14c3e3fcb80
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69782
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-208.yaml
1835566 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1835566
966660 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966660
CVE-2020-10744 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10744
USN-USN-5315-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5315-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-10744.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10744
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10744
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp9j-rghq-8jhh
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp9j-rghq-8jhh
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77d0effcc5b2da1ef23e4ba32986a9759c27c10d
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/77d0effcc5b2da1ef23e4ba32986a9759c27c10d
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/84afa8e90cd168ff13208c8eae3e533ce7e21e1f
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/84afa8e90cd168ff13208c8eae3e533ce7e21e1f
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ffd3757fc35468a97791e452e7f2d14c3e3fcb80
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ffd3757fc35468a97791e452e7f2d14c3e3fcb80
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69782
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/69782
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-208.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-208.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10744
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10744
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.1148
EPSS Score 0.00038
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:42:27.186499+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-208.yaml 38.0.0