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ansible, ansible-base — security advisory
A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.16 and prior, 2.8.8 and prior, and 2.9.5 and prior when a password is set with the argument "password" of svn module, it is used on svn command line, disclosing to other users within the same node. An attacker could take advantage by reading the cmdline file from that particular PID on the procfs.
- Products
- ansible, ansible-base
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.7.17-r0, 2.8.9-r0, 2.9.7-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-1739
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 12:05 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.16 and prior, 2.8.8 and prior, and 2.9.5 and prior when a password is set with the argument "password" of svn module, it is used on svn command line, disclosing to other users within the same node. An attacker could take advantage by reading the cmdline file from that particular PID on the procfs.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2020-1739
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.8.9-r0
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.9.7-r0
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.9.7-r0
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.7.17-r0
ansible-base
Fixed versions: 2.9.7-r0
ansible-base
Fixed versions: 2.9.7-r0
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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