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CVE-2019-14905

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-14905 describes a vulnerability in Ansible Engine versions prior to 2.9.3, 2.8.8, and 2.7.16, specifically within the nxos_file_copy module, affecting Fedora, openSUSE, and Red Hat distributions. An authenticated attacker with high privileges could craft the filename parameter to achieve OS command injection on NXOS devices. This could lead to a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, rated as a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.6. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.3HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
5.3
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.7.16
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.8.8
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ansibleFixed in: 2.9.3
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.7.16-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.8.8-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.8 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.8.8-1.el8ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.4-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.9 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.4-1.el8ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.4-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 8Fixed in: ansible-0:2.9.4-1.el8ae
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 3Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens)Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 3Fixed in: ansible

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-frxj-5j27-f8rfhigh

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

Apr 20, 2021
redhatCVE-2019-14905Moderate

Ansible: malicious code could craft filename in nxos_file_copy module

Nov 27, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0216
PatchVendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0218
PatchVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BNCYPQ4BY5QHBCJOAOPANB5FHATW2BR