5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2020-10685
Ansible Eng/Tower Temporary Directory Unencrypted Persistent Data Leak
Description

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when using modules which decrypts vault files such as assemble, script, unarchive, win_copy, aws_s3 or copy modules. The temporary directory is created in /tmp leaves the s ts unencrypted. On Operating Systems which /tmp is not a tmpfs but part of the root partition, the directory is only cleared on boot and the decryp emains when the host is switched off. The system will be vulnerable when the system is not running. So decrypted data must be cleared as soon as possible and the data which normally is encrypted ble.

INFO

Published Date :

May 11, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:14 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-10685 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-10685 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat openstack
2 Redhat ceph_storage
3 Redhat ansible_engine
4 Redhat ansible_tower
5 Redhat ansible
6 Redhat storage
1 Debian debian_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-10685.

URL Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10685 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68433 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-10685 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 07, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-377
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-459
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-377 / More specific CWE option available
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950 Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-668
    Added CWE NIST CWE-459
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950 [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10685 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10685 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68433 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68433 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-668
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.7.0 up to (excluding) 2.7.17 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.8.0 up to (excluding) 2.8.11 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.9.0 up to (excluding) 2.9.7 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.4.5 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.5.0 up to (including) 3.5.5 *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.6.0 up to (including) 3.6.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

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