{"cve":"CVE-2020-10691","nvd":{"published":"2020-04-30T17:15:11.957","modified":"2026-06-17T02:48:15.960","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L","score":5.2},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10691","https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68596","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10691","https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/68596"],"products":["redhat:ansible_engine","redhat:ansible_tower"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:04:18.695612450+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-10691","score":0.00303,"percentile":0.23089,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-3c67-gc48-983w","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3c67-gc48-983w","summary":"Path Traversal in Ansible","modified":"2024-09-04T21:02:09.201617Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":[">=2.9.0a1 <2.9.7"],"fixed":["2.9.7"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2020-2","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2020-2","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T04:01:59.445406Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":[">=2.9.0 <2.9.7"],"fixed":["2.9.7"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}