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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-1735

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine when the fetch module is used. An attacker could intercept the module, inject a new path, and then choose a new destination path on the controller node. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:54 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-1735

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Mar 2020, 16:15 UTC

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine when the fetch module is used. An attacker could intercept the module, inject a new path, and then choose a new destination path on the controller node. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

osv:CVE-2020-1735
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1735",
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    "summary": "A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine when the fetch module is used. An attacker could intercept the module, inject a new path, and then choose a new destination path on the controller node. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:00.926795284Z",
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      "references": [
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        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MRRYUU5ZBLPBXCYG6CFP35D64NP2UB2S/",
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        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383200,
  "published_at": "2020-03-16T16:15:13.89+00:00"
}