GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-f556-49jc-4rvc Ansible does not collect garbage after playbook run

MEDIUM Published 2025-10-31 Modified 2025-10-31 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2020-25635
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
ansible
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-212
Reviewed
2025-10-31

Affected packages

• PyPI ansible: < 2.10.1 → fixed in 2.10.1

Description

A flaw was found in Ansible Base when using the aws_ssm connection plugin as its garbage collector is not happening after the playbook run is completed. Files would remain in the bucket exposing the data. This issue directly affects data confidentiality.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2020-25635 A flaw was found in Ansible Base when using the aws_ssm connection plugin as garbage collector is not happening after playbook run is… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-212 Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer weakness

References