PYSEC-2020-200

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    PYSEC-2020-200

    Published: 20 Feb 2020Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The vault subsystem in Ansible before 1.5.5 does not set the umask before creation or modification of a vault file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information by reading a file.

    References: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68233, https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5g4v-2pc6-4hh4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ansible

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.5

    Affected versions

    1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2020-200 | CVE-DB