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Not in CISA KEVReported exploited: VulnCheck KEV since Published CVSS 7.9 highEPSS 0.3% probability of exploitation in 30 days
Red Hat

CVE-2020-10684: 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…

Is it exploited?

Reported, not confirmed by CISA. VulnCheck KEV lists it as exploited in the wild. CISA has not added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of .

VulnCheck KEV lists it since . It cites 1 public report, the first from .

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
0.3%

EPSS score, percentile 26.7 of all scored records. A probability estimated by FIRST, not a report of exploitation.

How severe?
7.9 High

CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA

What should I do?

CISA has set no required action, because the vulnerability is not in KEV.

Advisories and patches (5)

Which versions are affected?

Affected

  • all Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17
  • all Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.9
  • all Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.6

Versions by product

Source: CISA KEV 2026.10.29, as of ; VulnCheck KEV, as of ; FIRST EPSS, as of ; CVE List, as of . About the data.

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.

Source: CVE List, as of . About the data.

What to do

Advisories and patches

This summary is based on the CVE record as of . Check the vendor's advisory before you act: affected versions and fixes can change.

Affected products and versions

Versions by product, as listed in the CVE record (1 product)
Red Hat Ansible
StatusVersions
Affectedall Ansible 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.17
Affectedall Ansible 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.9
Affectedall Ansible 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.6

Source: CVE List, as of . About the data.

Weakness

CWE-94, CWE-862, CWE-362

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record.

Timeline

DateEvent
CVE record published
CVE record last updated

References

1

Known exploited Red Hat vulnerabilities

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  • CVE-2015-5287: Red Hat Automatic Bug Reporting Tool Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (added )
  • CVE-2018-14667: Red Hat JBoss RichFaces Framework Expression Language Injection Vulnerability (added )
  • CVE-2021-3560: Red Hat Polkit Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability (added )
  • CVE-2021-4034: Red Hat Polkit Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Vulnerability (added )