CVE-2020-10691

Ansible: archive traversal vulnerability in ansible-galaxy collection install

Published Apr 30, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An archive traversal flaw was found in all ansible-engine versions 2.9.x prior to 2.9.7, when running ansible-galaxy collection install. When extracting a collection .tar.gz file, the directory is created without sanitizing the filename. An attacker could take advantage to overwrite any file within the system.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0011 An archive traversal flaw was found in all ansible-engine versions 2.9.x prior to 2.9.7, when running ansible-galaxy collection install. When extracting a collection .tar.gz file, the directory is created without sanitizing the filename. An attacker could take advantage to overwrite any file within the system.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3c67-gc48-983w Path Traversal in Ansible
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:06 AM
Reserved
Mar 20, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 30, 2020, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:48 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 27, 2020, 12:00 AM