CVE-2020-10729
Description
A flaw was found in the use of insufficiently random values in Ansible. Two random password lookups of the same length generate the equal value as the template caching action for the same file since no re-evaluation happens. The highest threat from this vulnerability would be that all passwords are exposed at once for the file. This flaw affects Ansible Engine versions before 2.9.6.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.9.6+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.9.6+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.9.6+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.9.6+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.9.6+dfsg-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | ansible | <2.9.6 | 2.9.6 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10729
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10729
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/34144
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/67429
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/c520d70bf4748c8ee6718a7d0d0254051ba1c2e9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1831089
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r6h7-5pq2-j77h
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.6/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2021-105.yaml
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10729.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.