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CVE-2019-14904 json

OS Command Injection and Improper Input Validation in ansible

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-gwr8-5j83-483c , PYSEC-2020-161 , EUVD-2020-0008

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the solaris_zone module from the Ansible Community modules. When setting the name for the zone on the Solaris host, the zone name is checked by listing the process with the 'ps' bare command on the remote machine. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting the name of the zone and executing arbitrary commands in the remote host. Ansible Engine 2.7.15, 2.8.7, and 2.9.2 as well as previous versions are affected.

Patch / fix

  • pypi ansible 2.7.15, 2.7.16, 2.8.7, 2.8.8, 2.9.2, 2.9.3
  • redhat ansible 2.7.15, 2.8.7, 2.9.2
  • ansible Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.4+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14904

  • ansible Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm5
  • ansible Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14904

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ansible ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.4-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.4-1.el8ae
  • ansible-test ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.4-1.el7ae
  • ansible-test ansible engine 2.9, ansible engine 2 2.9.4-1.el8ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8 2.8.8-1.el7ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.8 2.8.8-1.el8ae
  • ansible ansible engine 2.7 2.7.16-1.el7ae

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:0218RHSA-2020:0215RHSA-2020:0216RHSA-2020:0217

  • storm OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 1.2.3-3.6.1
  • ansible OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 2.9.14-3.15.1
  • grafana OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 6.7.4-4.12.1
  • ardana-mq OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1593618123.678c32b-3.26.1
  • ardana-nova OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1601298847.dd01585-3.42.1
  • crowbar-core OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 5.0+git.1600432272.b3ad722f0-3.44.1
  • python-kombu OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 4.1.0-3.7.1
  • ardana-cinder OpenStack Cloud 8, HPE Helion OpenStack 8 8.0+git.1596129856.263f430-3.43.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3309-1

  • ansible-14 openSUSE Tumbleweed 14.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-13 openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.7.0-1.1
  • ansible-12 openSUSE Tumbleweed 12.2.0-1.1
  • ansible-11 openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.11.0-1.1
  • ansible-10 openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.6.0-1.1
  • ansible-9 openSUSE Tumbleweed 9.8.0-1.1
  • ansible Package Hub 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.3 2.9.21-bp153.2.3.1
  • ansible Package Hub 15 SP1 2.9.6-bp151.3.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12447-1openSUSE-SU-2026:10944-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15753-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15605-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14536-1openSUSE-SU-2024:14244-1

  • ansible Alpine 3.10 2.8.8-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.12, Alpine 3.11 2.9.3-r0
  • ansible Alpine 3.9 2.7.16-r0
  • ansible-base Alpine 3.15, Alpine 3.14, Alpine 3.13 2.9.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-14904

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14904 updated cvss 7.3

Ansible: vulnerability in solaris_zone module via crafted solaris zone

  • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3 ansible
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue.”
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 ansible Red Hat Ceph Storage 3 ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) ansible Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 (Rocky) ansible Red Hat Storage 3 ansible
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue.”
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7 ansible 2.9.4-1.el7ae, ansible-test 2.9.4-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.9.4-1.el8ae, ansible-test 2.9.4-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue.” RHSA-2020:0218
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.7.16-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue.” RHSA-2020:0217
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.8.8-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.8.8-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue.” RHSA-2020:0216
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.9.4-1.el7ae, ansible-test 2.9.4-1.el7ae Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8 ansible 2.9.4-1.el8ae, ansible-test 2.9.4-1.el8ae
    fixed: vendor fix “Currently, there is no mitigation for this issue.” RHSA-2020:0215
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ansible
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 6.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
<2.7.16
>=2.8.0a1, <2.8.8
>=2.9.0a1, <2.9.3
<2.7.15
>=2.8.0, <2.8.7
>=2.9.0, <2.9.2
2.7.16
2.8.8
2.9.3
2.7.15
2.8.7
2.9.2

Affected products

  • n/a Ansible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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