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Vulnerability details: VCID-fv75-t76d-aaag
Vulnerability ID VCID-fv75-t76d-aaag
Aliases CVE-2020-1734
GHSA-h39q-95q5-9jfp
PYSEC-2020-6
Summary A flaw was found in the pipe lookup plugin of ansible. Arbitrary commands can be run, when the pipe lookup plugin uses subprocess.Popen() with shell=True, by overwriting ansible facts and the variable is not escaped by quote plugin. An attacker could take advantage and run arbitrary commands by overwriting the ansible facts.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:0547
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:0547
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1539
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1539
cvssv3 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-1734.json
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cvssv3.1 7.4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1734
generic_textual HIGH https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1734
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h39q-95q5-9jfp
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h39q-95q5-9jfp
cvssv3.1 5.0 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4f978af4ca16ad9828ffe42203b9615425195f8b
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4f978af4ca16ad9828ffe42203b9615425195f8b
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/963bdd9983b91a48fb6949fb2ef41071e72d0be0
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/963bdd9983b91a48fb6949fb2ef41071e72d0be0
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/bff0724e9eab2770f874e018298f9ab74cc2a78f
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/bff0724e9eab2770f874e018298f9ab74cc2a78f
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/e5649ca3e807f17e7c034ee22791f107162973b0
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/e5649ca3e807f17e7c034ee22791f107162973b0
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67792
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67792
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70159
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70159
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/70596
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/70596
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-6.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-6.yaml
cvssv2 3.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1734
cvssv3 7.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1734
cvssv3.1 7.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1734
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:0547
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1539
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-1734.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-1734
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1734
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1734
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4f978af4ca16ad9828ffe42203b9615425195f8b
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/963bdd9983b91a48fb6949fb2ef41071e72d0be0
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/bff0724e9eab2770f874e018298f9ab74cc2a78f
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/e5649ca3e807f17e7c034ee22791f107162973b0
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67792
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70159
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/70596
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-6.yaml
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:2.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2020-1734 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1734
CVE-2020-1734 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1734
GHSA-h39q-95q5-9jfp https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h39q-95q5-9jfp
RHBA-2020:1539 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1801804
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:0547
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:1539
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2020-1734.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1734
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/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:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 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:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4f978af4ca16ad9828ffe42203b9615425195f8b
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/963bdd9983b91a48fb6949fb2ef41071e72d0be0
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/bff0724e9eab2770f874e018298f9ab74cc2a78f
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/e5649ca3e807f17e7c034ee22791f107162973b0
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67792
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/70159
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/70596
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-6.yaml
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low

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Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1734
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1734
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1734
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.07891
EPSS Score 0.00037
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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