CVE-2020-10685

mediumCVSS 5covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-08-06

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Red Hat product: Ansible Engine Information disclosureaffected: 2.7.x before 2.7.17, 2.8.x before 2.8.11, 2.9.x before 2.9.7; Ansible Tower 3.4.5, 3.5.5, 3.6.3 and earlier

What: Vault file decryption modules expose sensitive information by improper handling of decrypted content.
Who is affected: Ansible Engine deployments using vault decryption modules (assemble, script, etc.) on affected versions.
Urgency: Medium priority; information disclosure of encrypted secrets when using affected modules.
Action: Update Ansible Engine to 2.7.17, 2.8.11, 2.9.7 or later, and Ansible Tower to patched version.

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Low exploitation risk0.38% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 31% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

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