CVE-2020-1736

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when a file is moved using atomic_move primitive as the file mode cannot be specified. This sets the destination files world-readable if the destination file does not exist and if the file exists, the file could be changed to have less restrictive permissions before the move. This could lead to the disclosure of sensitive data. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	ansible	2.7.x, 2.8.x, 2.9.x

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1736Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67794Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NYYQP2XJB2TTRP6AKWVMBSPB2DFJNKD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BPNZWBAUP4ZHUR6PO7U6ZXEKNCX62KZ7/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1736Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67794Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2NYYQP2XJB2TTRP6AKWVMBSPB2DFJNKD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BPNZWBAUP4ZHUR6PO7U6ZXEKNCX62KZ7/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 16, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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