Red Hat Ansible aws_ssm Connection Plugin information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component aws_ssm Connection Plugin. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2020-25635. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Ansible (version unknown). This issue affects an unknown function of the component aws_ssm Connection Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was released 09/18/2020. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The public release was coordinated with Red Hat. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-25635. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 250260 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-25635), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (250260) and EUVD (EUVD-2020-0023). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 250260
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-25635

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

09/16/2020 🔍
09/18/2020 +2 days 🔍
09/23/2020 +4 days 🔍
10/06/2020 +12 days 🔍
10/31/2025 +1851 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-25635 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-25635
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-162281
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2020 08:03
Updated: 10/31/2025 08:37
Changes: 10/06/2020 08:03 (18), 10/06/2020 08:04 (19), 11/15/2020 10:19 (4), 11/16/2020 15:09 (3), 11/16/2020 15:14 (15), 08/22/2022 09:49 (2), 08/15/2025 16:42 (22), 10/31/2025 08:37 (2)
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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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