VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-1734

CVSS score7.4 HIGH

EPSS probability0.46%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2020-03-03

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Description

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.

Weakness classification

secalert@redhat.com: CWE-78
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-78

Primary references

secalert@redhat.com — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory