CVE-2020-10691 vulnerability in Red Hat Products
Published on April 30, 2020
An archive traversal flaw was found in all ansible-engine versions 2.9.x prior to 2.9.7, when running ansible-galaxy collection install. When extracting a collection .tar.gz file, the directory is created without sanitizing the filename. An attacker could take advantage to overwrite any file within the system.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2020-10691 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2020-10691 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-10691
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Affected Versions
Red Hat Ansible Version all ansible-engine versions 2.9.x prior to 2.9.7 is affected by CVE-2020-10691Exploit Probability
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