CVE-2020-14365

A flaw was found in the Ansible Engine, in ansible-engine 2.8.x before 2.8.15 and ansible-engine 2.9.x before 2.9.13, when installing packages using the dnf module. GPG signatures are ignored during installation even when disable_gpg_check is set to False, which is the default behavior. This flaw leads to malicious packages being installed on the system and arbitrary code executed via package installation scripts. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity and system availability.

Published: 2020-09-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-14365 is rated Low Risk (33.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.23%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-14365

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.23% +0.16%
2 2025-11-21 0.02% 0.07% +0.05%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-14365

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.2 [email protected]
6.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 9.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-14365

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-14365

GHSA-m429-fhmv-c6q2 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in ansible

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-14365

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2020-14365: 2 source package rows (ansible, ansible-base); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14365
debian unimportant CVE-2020-14365 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ansible), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-14365
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14365
suse medium CVE-2020-14365 severity moderate: SUSE including 9 source package names (ansible-2.9.14-11.14.1, ansible-2.9.14-3.15.1, …), 20 product×package rows across 11 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, HPE Helion OpenStack Cloud 8, … (11 product lines)): Fixed 18, Known Not Affected 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14365/
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-14365 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ansible), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 8, needs-triage 8. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14365

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-14365

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat ansible_engine >= 2.8.0, <= 2.8.15 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_engine >= 2.9.0, <= 2.9.13 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_tower >= 3.6.0, <= 3.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_tower >= 3.7.0, <= 3.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible_tower 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ceph_storage 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ceph_storage 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack_platform 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack_platform 13.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack_platform:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-14365

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1869154 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4950 Third Party Advisory
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