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SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-g4mq-6fp5-qwcf)
low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414863
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- A race condition flaw was found in Ansible Engine 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, 2.9.6 and prior when
running a playbook with an unprivileged become user. When Ansible needs to run a module with become user,
the temporary directory is created in /var/tmp. This directory is created with "umask 77 && mkdir -p
<dir>"; this operation does not fail if the directory already exists and is owned by another user. An
attacker could take advantage to gain control of the become user as the target directory can be retrieved
by iterating '/proc/<pid>/cmdline'. (CVE-2020-1733)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 414863
Version: Revision 1.6
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.1
Percentile: 49.34
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.7
Temporal Score: 2.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1733
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 1
Threat Score: 0.3
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-1733