Is CVE-2020-1740 being actively exploited?

It is not currently in CISA's KEV catalog. Its EPSS exploitation probability is 0%.

What products does CVE-2020-1740 affect?

Tracked products affected include Ansible. Check the version you run to see whether it is affected.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1740?

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Upgrade affected products to a fixed version.

CVE-2020-1740

Q: What is CVE-2020-1740?

CVE-2020-1740 is a low-severity software vulnerability (CWE-377) with a CVSS score of 3.9. A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when using Ansible Vault for editing encrypted files. When a user executes "ansible-vault edit", another user on the same computer can read the old and new secret, as it is created in a temporary file with

LOW severity · CVSS 3.9 · CWE-377

3.9CVSS LOW

Summary

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when using Ansible Vault for editing encrypted files. When a user executes "ansible-vault edit", another user on the same computer can read the old and new secret, as it is created in a temporary file with mkstemp and the returned file descriptor is closed and the method write_data is called to write the existing secret in the file. This method will delete the file before recreating it insecurely. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal

Attack complexityHigh

Privileges requiredLow

User interactionRequired

Confidentiality impactLow

Integrity impactLow

Availability impactNone

Exploit probability (EPSS)0%

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

Affected products we track (1)

Ansible

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

CVE-2020-1740

Summary

Impact & exploitability

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Additional information