CVE-2019-14905
Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere, Improper Input Validation, and External Control of File Name or Path in Ansible
5.6
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-14905
To remediate CVE-2019-14905, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.8.8-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9.3-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.9.4+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.7.16 or later
- —upgrade to 2.7.16 or later
Is CVE-2019-14905 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (5)
- from 0, < 2.8.8-r0
- from 0, < 2.9.3-r0
- from 0, < 2.9.4+dfsg-1
- >= 2.7.0a1, < 2.7.16
- >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.16, >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.8, >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |