
CVE catalog
CVE-2020-10685
ansible: CVE-2020-10685
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.36% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | sid | 14.4.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | forky | 14.0.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | trixie | 12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | bookworm | 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | ansible | pro | 2.8.3+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | pro | 2.8.6+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | pro | 2.9.2+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | pro | 2.9.4+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | pro | 2.9.6+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | pro | 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | pro | 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | ansible | pro | 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | source | sid | 2.9.7+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible | source | forky | 2.9.7+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible | source | trixie | 2.9.7+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible | source | bookworm | 2.9.7+dfsg-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [ansible]Fixed
Details (2)
7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.9.7+dfsg-1dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm; dsa · ansible · debian · 12
7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.9.7+dfsg-1dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm; dsa · ansible · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [ansible]Fixed
Details (2)
12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.9.7+dfsg-1dsa · ansible · debian · 13
12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.9.7+dfsg-1dsa · ansible · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2020_3309-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10685]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10685]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10685]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-10685.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2020/wid-sec-w-2023-2473.json]
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