{"id":"CVE-2020-10691","aliases":["GHSA-3c67-gc48-983w","PYSEC-2020-2"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10691","summary":"Path Traversal in Ansible","details":"An archive traversal flaw was found in all ansible-engine versions 2.9.x prior to 2.9.7, when running ansible-galaxy collection install. When extracting a collection .tar.gz file, the directory is created without sanitizing the filename. An attacker could take advantage to overwrite any file within the system.","published":"2020-04-30T17:15:11.957Z","modified":"2026-08-07T11:31:11.527690854Z","cvss":{"score":5.2,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","fixedVersion":"2.9.7"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68596","label":"ansible/ansible#68596"},"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10691"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68596"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10691"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/b2551bb6943eec078066aa3a923e0bb3ed85abe8"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3c67-gc48-983w"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-2.yaml"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-07T11:31:11.527690854Z"}}