A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansib
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.71% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 52.6% of all records.
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: ansible (Alpine:v3.10) 2.8.8-r0; ansible (Alpine:v3.11) 2.9.3-r0; ansible-base (Alpine:v3.13) 2.9.3-r0.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to ansible (Alpine:v3.10) 2.8.8-r0; ansible (Alpine:v3.11) 2.9.3-r0; ansible-base (Alpine:v3.13) 2.9.3-r0 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansible's nxos_file_copy module can be used to copy files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices. Malicious code could craft the filename parameter to perform OS command injections. This could result in a loss of confidentiality of the system among other issues.
- Published
- Mar 31, 2020
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 52th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-20
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.6
- CNA · redhat
- 7.3
- 1.7 point gap
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | ansible engine | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine |
| redhat | ansible tower | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower |
| redhat | ceph storage | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage |
| redhat | cloudforms management engine | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cloudforms_management_engine |
| redhat | openstack | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack |
| fedoraproject | fedora | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora |
| opensuse | backports sle | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle |
| opensuse | leap | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- fedoraproject fedora30
- opensuse backports sle15.0
- opensuse leap15.1
- redhat ansible engine2.7.0 and later · before 2.7.16
- redhat ansible engine2.8.0 and later · before 2.8.8
- redhat ansible engine2.9.0 and later · before 2.9.3
- redhat ansible tower3.0.0
- redhat ceph storage3.0
- redhat cloudforms management engine5.0
- redhat openstack13
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Red Hat Ansible
- 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16, 2.7.x and earlieraffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.10 | ansible | before 2.8.8-r0 | 2.8.8-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.11 | ansible | before 2.9.3-r0 | 2.9.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | ansible-base | before 2.9.3-r0 | 2.9.3-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | ansible | before 2.7.16-r0 | 2.7.16-r0 |
| Debian:12 | ansible | before 2.9.4+dfsg-1 | 2.9.4+dfsg-1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | ansible | before 2.9.6-lp151.2.7.1 | 2.9.6-lp151.2.7.1 |
| PyPI | ansible | from 2.7.0 · before 2.7.16 | 2.7.16 |
| PyPI | ansible | from 2.7.0a1 · before 2.7.16 | 2.7.16 |
| PyPI | ansible | from 2.8.0 · before 2.8.8 | 2.8.8 |
| PyPI | ansible | from 2.8.0a1 · before 2.8.8 | 2.8.8 |
| PyPI | ansible | from 2.9.0 · before 2.9.3 | 2.9.3 |
| PyPI | ansible | from 2.9.0a1 · before 2.9.3 | 2.9.3 |
| Red Hat:ansible_engine:2.7::el7 | ansible | before 0:2.7.16-1.el7ae | 0:2.7.16-1.el7ae |
| Red Hat:ansible_engine:2.8::el7 | ansible | before 0:2.8.8-1.el7ae | 0:2.8.8-1.el7ae |
| Red Hat:ansible_engine:2.8::el8 | ansible | before 0:2.8.8-1.el8ae | 0:2.8.8-1.el8ae |
| Red Hat:ansible_engine:2.9::el7 | ansible | before 0:2.9.4-1.el7ae | 0:2.9.4-1.el7ae |
| Red Hat:ansible_engine:2.9::el7 | ansible-test | before 0:2.9.4-1.el7ae | 0:2.9.4-1.el7ae |
| Red Hat:ansible_engine:2.9::el8 | ansible | before 0:2.9.4-1.el8ae | 0:2.9.4-1.el8ae |
| Red Hat:ansible_engine:2.9::el8 | ansible-test | before 0:2.9.4-1.el8ae | 0:2.9.4-1.el8ae |
| SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 | ansible | before 2.9.6-bp151.3.6.1 | 2.9.6-bp151.3.6.1 |
| SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3 | ansible | before 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1 | 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1 |
| SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3 | ansible | before 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1 | 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1 |
Same product
redhat: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2021-20228A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine 2.9.18, where sensitive info is not masked by default and is not protected by the no_log feature when31Monitor
- CVE-2020-1737A 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 mo31Monitor
- CVE-2019-14846In Ansible, all Ansible Engine versions up to ansible-engine 2.8.5, ansible-engine 2.7.13, ansible-engine 2.6.19, were logging at the DEBUG 31Monitor
- CVE-2018-16837Ansible "User" module leaks any data which is passed on as a parameter to ssh-keygen.31Monitor
- CVE-2018-10875A flaw was found in ansible.31Monitor
- CVE-2018-10874In ansible it was found that inventory variables are loaded from current working directory when running ad-hoc command which are under attac31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| alpine:ansible | 2.8.8-r0 · Alpine:v3.10 | Package registry (OSV) |
| alpine:ansible-base | 2.9.3-r0 · Alpine:v3.13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:ansible | 2.9.4+dfsg-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:ansible | 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:ansible | 2.9.6-lp151.2.7.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:ansible | 2.7.16 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:ansible | 2.8.8 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:ansible | 2.9.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:ansible | 0:2.9.4-1.el7ae · Red Hat:ansible_engine:2.9::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:ansible-test | 0:2.9.4-1.el7ae · Red Hat:ansible_engine:2.9::el7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ansible | 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:ansible | 2.9.6-bp151.3.6.1 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- low · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- Low
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-20 · Improper Input ValidationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Server Side Include (SSI) InjectionCAPEC-101likelihood: High · High
- Cross Zone ScriptingCAPEC-104likelihood: Medium · High
- Command Line Execution through SQL InjectionCAPEC-108likelihood: Low · Very High
- Object Relational Mapping InjectionCAPEC-109likelihood: Low · High
- SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter TamperingCAPEC-110likelihood: High · Very High
- Double EncodingCAPEC-120likelihood: Low · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
ATT&CK techniques
- Obfuscated Files or InformationT1027
- Masquerading: Invalid Code SignatureT1036.001
- Steal Web Session CookieT1539
- Subvert Trust Controls: Code SigningT1553.002
- Impair Defenses:Impair Command History LoggingT1562.003
- Hijack Execution Flow:Dynamic Linker HijackingT1574.006
- Hijack Execution Flow:Path Interception by PATH Environment VariableT1574.007
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0218
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14905
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BNCYPQ4BY5QHBCJOAOPANB5FHATW2BR/
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.