# CVE-2020-1737: A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, and 2.9.6 and prior when using the Extract-Zip function from the win\_unzip mo

- Also known as: PYSEC-2020-9, GHSA-893H-35V4-MXQX
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6
- Published: 2020-03-09 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Red Hat Ansible: fixed in 2.10
- ansible (PyPI): fixed in 2.7.17; from 2.8.0, fixed in 2.8.9; from 2.9.0, fixed in 2.9.6
- ansible (PyPI): from 2.8.0a1, fixed in 2.8.9
- ansible (PyPI): from 2.9.0a1, fixed in 2.9.6
- ansible (PyPI): fixed in 2.7.17

## Description

A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, and 2.9.6 and prior when using the Extract-Zip function from the win_unzip module as the extracted file(s) are not checked if they belong to the destination folder. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting an archive anywhere in the file system, using a path traversal. This issue is fixed in 2.10.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat Ansible, ansible, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1737
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67795
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWDK3QUVBULS3Q3PQTGEKUQYPSNOU5M3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QT27K5ZRGDPCH7GT3DRI3LO4IVDVQUB7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3IMV3XEIUXL6S4KPLYYM4TVJQ2VNEP2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11

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