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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-10744

An incomplete fix was found for the fix of the flaw CVE-2020-1733 ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 0.26%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An incomplete fix was found for the fix of the flaw CVE-2020-1733 ansible: insecure temporary directory when running become_user from become directive. The provided fix is insufficient to prevent the race condition on systems using ACLs and FUSE filesystems. Ansible Engine 2.7.18, 2.8.12, and 2.9.9 as well as previous versions are affected and Ansible Tower 3.4.5, 3.5.6 and 3.6.4 as well as previous versions are affected.

CVSS 3.1
5.0 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
0.26% probability · 17th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-377, CWE-362
Affected
redhat/ansible · redhat/ansible tower
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.