A flaw was found in Ansible Engine affecting Ansible Engine versions 2.7.x before 2.7.17 and 2.8.x before 2.8.11 and 2.9.x before 2.9.7 as well as Ansible Tower before and including versions 3.4.5 and 3.5.5 and 3.6.3 when using modules which decrypts vault files such as assemble, script, unarchive, win_copy, aws_s3 or copy modules. The temporary directory is created in /tmp leaves the s ts unencrypted. On Operating Systems which /tmp is not a tmpfs but part of the root partition, the directory is only cleared on boot and the decryp emains when the host is switched off. The system will be vulnerable when the system is not running. So decrypted data must be cleared as soon as possible and the data which normally is encrypted ble.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade ansible-docUpgrade ansible | Sep 28, 2023 | May 11, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ansible | Aug 9, 2021 | May 11, 2020 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-admin/ansible. | Jun 15, 2020 | May 11, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade ansible-docUpgrade ansibleUpgrade ansible-test | Mar 19, 2022 | May 11, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | May 11, 2020 |
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