PT-2020-16142 · Ansible · Ansible Base+1

Abeluck · Published 2020-10-05 · Updated 2025-11-04 · CVE-2020-25635

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ansible Base (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw was found in Ansible Base when using the aws ssm connection plugin. The issue arises because the garbage collector does not run after a playbook run is completed, resulting in files remaining in the bucket and exposing data. This directly affects data confidentiality.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-212

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-25635

GHSA-F556-49JC-4RVC

PYSEC-2020-220

Affected Products

Ansible Base

Ansible-Core

References · 18

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25635 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-25635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25635 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2020-220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f556-49jc-4rvc · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible · Note
• https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/issues/222 · Note
• https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/237#issuecomment-1468591094 · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2020-220.yaml · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/VulnMatter/comments/1onduhn/resumen_diario_de_vulnerabilidades_03112025 · Reddit Post
• https://reddit.com/r/VulnMatter/comments/1ol36t3/resumen_diario_de_vulnerabilidades_31102025 · Reddit Post
• https://reddit.com/r/VulnMatter/comments/1oo83gr/resumen_diario_de_vulnerabilidades_04112025 · Reddit Post