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PYSEC-2020-200

Quick fix

PYSEC-2020-200 — ansible: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'ansible>=1.5.5'

Details

The vault subsystem in Ansible before 1.5.5 does not set the umask before creation or modification of a vault file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive key information by reading a file.

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Affected packages

PyPI/ansible

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.5.5

Fixpip install --upgrade 'ansible>=1.5.5'

References

https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68233[WEB]
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/release1.5.5/CHANGELOG.md[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5g4v-2pc6-4hh4[ADVISORY]