{"id":"CVE-2020-1734","aliases":["GHSA-h39q-95q5-9jfp","PYSEC-2020-6"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1734","summary":"OS Command Injection in ansible","details":"A flaw was found in the pipe lookup plugin of ansible. Arbitrary commands can be run, when the pipe lookup plugin uses subprocess.Popen() with shell=True, by overwriting ansible facts and the variable is not escaped by quote plugin. An attacker could take advantage and run arbitrary commands by overwriting the ansible facts.","published":"2020-03-03T22:15:10.843Z","modified":"2026-08-07T11:31:00.249305410Z","cvss":{"score":7.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L"},"epss":{"score":0.00448,"percentile":0.3745,"asOf":"2026-08-23"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","fixedVersion":"2.10.0rc1"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","fixedVersion":"2.9.11"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","fixedVersion":"2.8.13"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67792"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1734"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-07T11:31:00.249305410Z"}}