CVE-2020-10729
Insufficiently random values in Ansible
5.0
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-10729
To remediate CVE-2020-10729, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.9.6+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9.6 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9.6 or later
Is CVE-2020-10729 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.9.6+dfsg-1
- from 0, < 2.9.6
- from 0, < 2.9.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |