{"answers":{"affected":"7 open source packages ship an affected version, including ansible. It affects 6 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1735 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade ansible to a fixed version for your release line: 2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6 or 2.7.18.","what":"CVE-2020-1735 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-1735 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-1735 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1735 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- ansible (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 2.7.17, 2.8.9, 2.9.6\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.7.0a1; fixed in 2.7.18\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.7.0a1; fixed in 2.7.18\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.8.0a1; fixed in 2.8.12\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.8.0a1; fixed in 2.8.12\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.9.0a1; fixed in 2.9.8\n- ansible (PyPI): affected from 2.9.0a1; fixed in 2.9.8\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1735/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1735/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-1735","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1735/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-1735","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1735","GHSA-gfr2-qpxh-qj9m","PYSEC-2020-7","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1735"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Ansible Engine","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"An attacker can intercept the Ansible fetch module to inject arbitrary paths, allowing modification of files on the controller node.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"debian_linux","vendor":"debian"},{"product":"fedora","vendor":"fedoraproject"},{"product":"ansible","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"ansible_tower","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"cloudforms_management_engine","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"openstack","vendor":"redhat"}],"cvss":{"score":4.2,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Path Traversal in Ansible","id":"CVE-2020-1735","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":"debian:debian_linux","products":["debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","redhat:ansible_tower","redhat:openstack"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2020"},"n_packages":7,"n_references":7,"next":{"headline":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Ansible","id":"CVE-2020-1736"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.7.17","2.8.9","2.9.6"],"introduced":["0","2.8.0","2.9.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","source":"PYSEC-2020-7"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.7.18"],"introduced":["2.7.0a1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-gfr2-qpxh-qj9m"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.7.18"],"introduced":["2.7.0a1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","source":"GHSA-gfr2-qpxh-qj9m"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.8.12"],"introduced":["2.8.0a1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-gfr2-qpxh-qj9m"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.8.12"],"introduced":["2.8.0a1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","source":"GHSA-gfr2-qpxh-qj9m"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.9.8"],"introduced":["2.9.0a1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-gfr2-qpxh-qj9m"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["2.9.8"],"introduced":["2.9.0a1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","source":"GHSA-gfr2-qpxh-qj9m"}],"prev":{"headline":"OS Command Injection in ansible","id":"CVE-2020-1734"},"products":["ansible"],"published":"2020-03-16","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"ProFTPD Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2015-3306","kev_date_added":"2026-10-08","published":"2015-05-18"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"RoundCube Webmail Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2025-49113","kev_date_added":"2026-02-20","published":"2025-06-02"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"GNU InetUtils Argument Injection","id":"CVE-2026-24061","kev_date_added":"2026-01-26","published":"2026-01-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions","id":"CVE-2025-39682","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-09-05"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2024-9680","kev_date_added":"2024-10-15","published":"2024-10-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal","id":"CVE-2022-30333","kev_date_added":"2022-08-09","published":"2022-05-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Roundcube Webmail SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2021-44026","kev_date_added":"2023-06-22","published":"2021-11-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["Red Hat"]},"summary":"An attacker can intercept the Ansible fetch module to inject arbitrary paths, allowing modification of files on the controller node.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-1735/"}