CVE-2020-14365

HIGH

Ansible Engine 2.8.0-2.8.14 and 2.9.0-2.9.12 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in DNF Module

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packages using the dnf module. GPG signatures are ignored during installation even when disable_gpg_check is set to False, which is the default behavior. This flaw leads to malicious packages being installed on the system and arbitrary code executed via package installation scripts. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869154
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-347
Status published
Products (9)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
pypi/ansible 2.8.0a1 - 2.8.15PyPI
redhat/ansible_engine 2.8.0 - 2.8.15
redhat/ansible_tower 3.0
redhat/ansible_tower 3.6.0 - 3.6.5
redhat/ceph_storage 2.0
redhat/ceph_storage 3.0
redhat/openstack_platform 10.0
redhat/openstack_platform 13.0
Published Sep 23, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026