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CVE-2020-14365PYSEC-2020-209GHSA-M429-FHMV-C6Q2

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packag

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Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2.8.16rc1, 2.9.14rc1, 2.8.15, 2.9.13
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packages using the dnf module. GPG signatures are ignored during installation even when disable_gpg_check is set to False, which is the default behavior. This flaw leads to malicious packages being installed on the system and arbitrary code executed via package installation scripts. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • n/a ansible

    Version range not reported

  • ansiblePyPI

    From 2.8.0 · fixed in 2.8.16rc1; From 2.9.0 · fixed in 2.9.14rc1

  • ansiblePyPI

    From 2.8.0a1 · fixed in 2.8.15

  • ansiblePyPI

    From 2.9.0a1 · fixed in 2.9.13

References 2

bugzilla.redhat.com

debian.org