CVE-2020-25635 Ansible does not collect garbage after playbook run

What is CVE-2020-25635?

CVE-2020-25635 is a medium-severity vulnerability in AWS Community Community Collections, published on 5 Oct 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.

Official description

A flaw was found in Ansible Base when using the aws_ssm connection plugin as garbage collector is not happening after playbook run is completed. Files would remain in the bucket exposing the data. This issue affects directly data confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-212

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25635?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including ansible. It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Ansible.

How do I fix CVE-2020-25635?

Upgrade ansible to 2.10.1 or later.

Is CVE-2020-25635 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25635 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in AWS Community Community Collections

• CVE-2014-4657 Ansible Remote Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4966 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-4967 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-7550 Ansible Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2014-3498 Ansible Arbitrary Code Execution High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-f556-49jc-4rvc, PYSEC-2020-220, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25635.