CVE-2020-1733
A race condition flaw was found in Ansible Engine 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, 2.9.6 and prior when running a playbook with an unprivileged become user. When Ansible needs to run a module with
02 Description
A race condition flaw was found in Ansible Engine 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, 2.9.6 and prior when running a playbook with an unprivileged become user. When Ansible needs to run a module with
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-03-11 18:47Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 06:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-11-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.0)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 452af262bedcd9061c45c85774ee7815b37df1b1ff664085547fd7f735067e6d
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1733
- github.comhttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67791
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-1b6ce91e37https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WQVOQD4VAIXXTVQAJKTN7NUGTJFE2PCB/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-3990f03ba3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKPA4KC3OJSUFASUYMG66HKJE7ADNGFW/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-f80154b5b4https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRRYUU5ZBLPBXCYG6CFP35D64NP2UB2S/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200505 [SECURITY] [DLA 2202-1] ansible security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00005.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202006-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11
- www.debian.orgDSA-4950https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ansible Fixed in 2.9.7+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ansible Fixed in 2.9.7+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ansible Fixed in 2.9.7+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- ansible Fixed in 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- ansible Fixed in 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- ansible Fixed in 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.