{"id":"CVE-2020-1738","details":"A flaw was found in Ansible Engine when the module package or service is used and the parameter 'use' is not specified. If a previous task is executed with a malicious user, the module sent can be selected by the attacker using the ansible facts file. All versions in 2.7.x, 2.8.x and 2.9.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.","aliases":["GHSA-f85h-23mf-2fwh","PYSEC-2020-10"],"modified":"2026-03-20T04:01:07.923859Z","published":"2020-03-16T16:15:14.093Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1","openSUSE-SU-2022:0081-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10615-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67796"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-11"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1738"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8fd406ee8e3a14be72b3cbbfe91d03fe35952f95"},{"introduced":"2611867fd1dc387ceaa0ffb8ce0f030aafc2a859"},{"last_affected":"d28e4b63c7b70acbaf0a1fedd53c91b6686574a0"},{"introduced":"24325a05dfb9104d6d4ec8b488b89e07c2e6d376"},{"last_affected":"9388be4269bdf83406bfa9245142de8b7dc8cfbc"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2.7.16"},{"introduced":"2.8.0"},{"last_affected":"2.8.8"},{"introduced":"2.9.0"},{"last_affected":"2.9.5"}]}}],"versions":["v2.8.0","v2.8.1","v2.8.2","v2.8.3","v2.8.4","v2.8.5","v2.8.6","v2.8.7","v2.8.8","v2.9.0","v2.9.1","v2.9.2","v2.9.3","v2.9.4","v2.9.5"],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3.3.4"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.3.5"},{"last_affected":"3.4.5"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.5.0"},{"last_affected":"3.5.5"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.6.0"},{"last_affected":"3.6.3"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"5.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"13"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-1738.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L"}]}