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PYSEC-2020-206

Quick fix

PYSEC-2020-206 — ansible: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'ansible>=2.7.16'

Details

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansible's nxos_file_copy module can be used to copy files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices. Malicious code could craft the filename parameter to perform OS command injections. This could result in a loss of confidentiality of the system among other issues.

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Affected packages

PyPI/ansible
Introduced in: 2.7.0Fixed in: 2.7.16
Fixpip install --upgrade 'ansible>=2.7.16'

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