Vigil@nce - Ansible Core: directory traversal via Fetch Module
May 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Ansible Core, Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 17/03/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can traverse directories via Fetch Module of Ansible
Core, in order to read a file outside the service root path.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Ansible-Core-directory-traversal-via-Fetch-Module-31804