CVE-2020-25636: aws community community collections Insecure Temporary File
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-25636 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in aws community community collections. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 05-10-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A flaw was found in Ansible Base when using the aws_ssm connection plugin as there is no namespace separation for file transfers. Files are written directly to the root bucket, making possible to have collisions when running multiple ansible processes. This issue affects mainly the service availability.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- CVE.orgCNA6.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.31%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
22%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.30% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Aws community1 product
- community collectionsfrom 1.0.0 to 1.2.0
Redhat1 product
- ansibleEOL2.10.1:rc2
Ubuntu1 product
- ansibleAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products