CVE catalog

CVE-2020-1734

ansible affected and fixed versions

A flaw was found in the pipe lookup plugin of ansible. Arbitrary commands can be run, when the pipe lookup plugin uses subprocess.Popen() with shell=True, by overwriting ansible facts and the variable is not escaped by quote plugin. An attacker could take advantage and run arbitrary commands by overwriting the ansible facts.

Severity: High · CVSS 7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Published: Feb 18, 2020, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.46% · Oct 27, 2026

Projects and upstream resources

Reported versions and fixes

Each observation applies to its named package, distribution, and release. Distribution backports can fix a vulnerability while retaining an older upstream version number.

Distribution / release	Package	Version	Status	Source
Debiantrixie	ansible	Not reported	AffectedDistribution reports no fix	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debiantrixie	ansible	`12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1`	Affected	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debiansid	ansible	Not reported	AffectedDistribution reports no fix	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debiansid	ansible	`14.4.0+dfsg-1`	Affected	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debianforky	ansible	Not reported	AffectedDistribution reports no fix	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debianforky	ansible	`14.0.0+dfsg-1`	Affected	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debianbookworm	ansible	Not reported	AffectedDistribution reports no fix	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debianbookworm	ansible	`7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1`	Affected	[CVE-2020-1734]
UnknownRelease not reported	ansible	Not reported	UnknownSource applicability is not established	Provider not reported

Provider details and historical evidence

Distribution / release	Package	Version	Status	Source
UnknownRelease not reported	ansible	Not reported	UnknownSource applicability is not established	Provider not reported
Debianbookworm	ansible	Not reported	AffectedDistribution reports no fix	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debianbookworm	ansible	`7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1`	Affected	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debianforky	ansible	Not reported	AffectedDistribution reports no fix	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debianforky	ansible	`14.0.0+dfsg-1`	Affected	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debiansid	ansible	Not reported	AffectedDistribution reports no fix	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debiansid	ansible	`14.4.0+dfsg-1`	Affected	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debiantrixie	ansible	Not reported	AffectedDistribution reports no fix	[CVE-2020-1734]
Debiantrixie	ansible	`12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1`	Affected	[CVE-2020-1734]

Original provider fields

{
  "package_releases": [
    {
      "name": "ansible",
      "status": "vulnerable",
      "release": "sid",
      "version": "14.4.0+dfsg-1"
    },
    {
      "name": "ansible",
      "status": "vulnerable",
      "release": "forky",
      "version": "14.0.0+dfsg-1"
    },
    {
      "name": "ansible",
      "status": "vulnerable",
      "release": "trixie",
      "version": "12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1"
    },
    {
      "name": "ansible",
      "status": "vulnerable",
      "release": "bookworm",
      "version": "7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1"
    }
  ],
  "fixed_versions": [
    {
      "bug": null,
      "name": "ansible",
      "type": "source",
      "origin": null,
      "release": "sid",
      "urgency": "unimportant",
      "fixed_version": ""
    },
    {
      "bug": null,
      "name": "ansible",
      "type": "source",
      "origin": null,
      "release": "forky",
      "urgency": "unimportant",
      "fixed_version": ""
    },
    {
      "bug": null,
      "name": "ansible",
      "type": "source",
      "origin": null,
      "release": "trixie",
      "urgency": "unimportant",
      "fixed_version": ""
    },
    {
      "bug": null,
      "name": "ansible",
      "type": "source",
      "origin": null,
      "release": "bookworm",
      "urgency": "unimportant",
      "fixed_version": ""
    }
  ],
  "distribution_packages": [
    {
      "name": "ansible",
      "fixed_version": "not yet fixed",
      "applicability_unknown": true
    }
  ]
}

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[ansible]Unknown
Details (2)
- 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm; dsa · ansible · debian · 12
- 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 · all · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · ansible · debian · bookworm; dsa · ansible · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[ansible]Unknown
Details (2)
- 12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · ansible · debian · 13
- 12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1 · all · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · ansible · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:48:50 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]