OS Command Injection Affecting ansible package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ANSIBLE-18168465
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed3 Mar 2020

Introduced: 3 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-1734  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Echo:latest ansible.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the pipe lookup plugin of ansible. Arbitrary commands can be run, when the pipe lookup plugin uses subprocess.Popen() with shell=True, by overwriting ansible facts and the variable is not escaped by quote plugin. An attacker could take advantage and run arbitrary commands by overwriting the ansible facts.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1