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CVE-2020-1740

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1740 describes a flaw in Ansible Engine's Ansible Vault when editing encrypted files, affecting versions 2.7.x, 2.8.x, and 2.9.x, including distributions like Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to read sensitive data from temporary files created during the editing process due to insecure file handling. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 4.7, it requires local access and high attack complexity, but could lead to a complete compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.7.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.3.5, <= 3.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.9LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (18)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.8.11
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.9.7
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.7.17
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.8.11-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.7-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.7-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.7-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.7-1.el8ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-34/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.5 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower:3.5.6-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-memcached-rhel7:1.4.15-28
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.7.17-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.8.11-1.el7ae
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redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 3Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: ansible

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-vcg8-98q8-g7mjmedium

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor and Insecure Temporary File in Ansible

Apr 7, 2021
redhatCVE-2020-1740Low

ansible: secrets readable after ansible-vault edit

Feb 18, 2020

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
github.com / ansible/ansible/issues/67798
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKPA4KC3OJSUFASUYMG66HKJE7ADNGFW
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRRYUU5ZBLPBXCYG6CFP35D64NP2UB2S
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQVOQD4VAIXXTVQAJKTN7NUGTJFE2PCB
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202006-11
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2021/dsa-4950
Third Party Advisory