| Name | CVE-2020-1738 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ansible (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.7.2+dfsg-2+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.2.1.0-2+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 2.7.7+dfsg-1+deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 7.3.0+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 7.7.0+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
| sid | 9.5.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ansible | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| ansible | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1802164
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67796
Marked unimportant as for exploitation it requires already a remote that is
compromised, cf. https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67796#issuecomment-614656017