CVE-2020-1738

Advisory

Ansible versions 2.7.17, 2.8.9 and 2.9.6 include a fix for CVE-2020-1738: A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when the module package or service is used and the parameter 'use' is not specified. If a previous task is executed with a malicious user, the module sent can be selected by the attacker using the ansible facts file. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1738

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Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1738
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1738
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67796
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11