Vulnerability identifier: #VU67588

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1734

CWE-ID: CWE-78

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Ansible
Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH

Vendor: Red Hat Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the pipe lookup plugin of ansible. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Note, the developer does not consider this a security issue.

Vulnerable software versions

Ansible:

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External links
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1734
http://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67792
http://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h39q-95q5-9jfp

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.