{"cve":"CVE-2020-1737","nvd":{"published":"2020-03-09T16:15:12.407","modified":"2026-06-17T03:02:18.283","status":"Modified","description":"A flaw was found in Ansible 2.7.17 and prior, 2.8.9 and prior, and 2.9.6 and prior when using the Extract-Zip function from the win_unzip module as the extracted file(s) are not checked if they belong to the destination folder. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting an archive anywhere in the file system, using a path traversal. This issue is fixed in 2.10.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1737","https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/67795","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FWDK3QUVBULS3Q3PQTGEKUQYPSNOU5M3/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QT27K5ZRGDPCH7GT3DRI3LO4IVDVQUB7/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U3IMV3XEIUXL6S4KPLYYM4TVJQ2VNEP2/"],"products":["redhat:ansible_engine","redhat:ansible_tower"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:02:53.949909883+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-1737","score":0.00365,"percentile":0.30349,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-893h-35v4-mxqx","summary":"Path Traversal in Ansible","modified":"2024-09-06T18:20:29.504213Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":[">=2.8.0a1 <2.8.9"],"fixed":["2.8.9"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":[">=2.9.0a1 <2.9.6"],"fixed":["2.9.6"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<2.7.17"],"fixed":["2.7.17"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2020-9","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2020-9","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T04:02:41.028950Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<2.7.17",">=2.8.0 <2.8.9",">=2.9.0 <2.9.6"],"fixed":["2.7.17","2.8.9","2.9.6"]}]}],"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."]}