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CVE-2019-14905 json

Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere, Improper Input Validation, and External Control of File Name or Path in Ansible

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-frxj-5j27-f8rf , PYSEC-2020-206 , EUVD-2020-0018

cvss
7.3
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansible's nxos_file_copy module can be used to copy files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices. Malicious code could craft the filename parameter to perform OS command injections. This could result in a loss of confidentiality of the system among other issues.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14905

  • 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-2019-14905

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14905 updated cvss 5.6

Ansible: malicious code could craft filename in nxos_file_copy module

  • Red Hat Ansible Tower 3 ansible
    affected: workaround, no fix available “There is no mitigation for this issue, the flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.”
  • 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 “There is no mitigation for this issue, the flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.”
  • 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 “There is no mitigation for this issue, the flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.” RHSA-2020:0218
  • Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7 Server ansible 2.7.16-1.el7ae
    fixed: vendor fix “There is no mitigation for this issue, the flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.” 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 “There is no mitigation for this issue, the flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.” 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 “There is no mitigation for this issue, the flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.” RHSA-2020:0215
  • Red Hat CloudForms Management Engine 5 ansible
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi ansible
>=2.7.0a1, <2.7.16
>=2.8.0a1, <2.8.8
>=2.9.0a1, <2.9.3
>=2.7.0, <2.7.16
>=2.8.0, <2.8.8
>=2.9.0, <2.9.3
2.7.16
2.8.8
2.9.3

Affected products

  • Red Hat Ansible

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
  • CWE-610 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

References

Sources

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