Is CVE-2020-10684 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-10684 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-10684?

CVE-2020-10684 has a CVSS score of 7.9 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2020-10684?

Patch guidance is available from redhat security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2020-10684.

Fix CVE-2020-10684 - HIGH redhat ansible

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2020-10684?

12 products: redhat ansible, redhat ansible, redhat ansible, redhat ansible tower, redhat ansible tower, and 7 more.

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible Engine, all versions 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x prior to 2.7.17, 2.8.9 and 2.9.6 respectively, when using ansible_facts as a subkey of itself and promoting it to a variable when inject is enabled, overwriting the ansible_facts after the clean. An attacker could take advantage of this by altering the ansible_facts, such as ansible_hosts, users and any other key data which would lead into privilege escalation or code injection.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: required
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-94 · Code Injection CWE-362 · Race Condition CWE-862 · Missing Authorization CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

Metadata

Primary Vendor: REDHAT
Published: 3/24/2020
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

redhat : ansibleredhat : ansibleredhat : ansibleredhat : ansible_towerredhat : ansible_towerredhat : ansible_towerredhat : openstackredhat : openstackdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2020-10684. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2020-10684

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CVE-2020-10684 vulnerability