CVE-2020-1734

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1734
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-03-03 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:40:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.8.8 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.9.5 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.8.8 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine 2.9.5 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Engine All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.4.5 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.5.5 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.6.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.4.5 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.5.5 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower 3.6.3 All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
1801804 – (CVE-2020-1734) CVE-2020-1734 ansible: shell enabled by default in a pipe lookup plugin subprocess CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
pipe lookup plugin enables shell by default · Issue #67792 · ansible/ansible · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
1801804 – (CVE-2020-1734) CVE-2020-1734 ansible: shell enabled by default in a pipe lookup plugin subprocess MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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