CVE-2020-14365
Public on 2020-09-23
Modified on 2024-02-10
Description
A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packages using the dnf module. GPG signatures are ignored during installation even when disable_gpg_check is set to False, which is the default behavior. This flaw leads to malicious packages being installed on the system and arbitrary code executed via package installation scripts. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 2 - Ansible2 Extra | ansible | 2023-08-21 | ALAS2ANSIBLE2-2023-005 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2023 | ansible-core | Not Affected |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |