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CVE-2019-3828

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-3828 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting the Ansible fetch module in versions prior to 2.5.15, 2.6.14, and 2.7.8, allowing an attacker to overwrite files outside the intended destination on the local Ansible controller host. With a CVSS score of 4.2 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires high privileges and user interaction, and its impact is limited to low confidentiality and integrity. 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
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.1
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 177 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (18)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.5 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.5.15-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.6 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.6.14-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2.7 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.7.8-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Engine 2 for RHEL 7Fixed in: ansible-0:2.7.8-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)Fixed in: ansible-0:2.6.19-1.el7ae
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky)Fixed in: ansible-0:2.6.19-1.el7ae
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 2Fixed in: ansible
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ansible Tower 3Fixed in: ansible
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 3Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.2Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.4Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.5Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7Fixed in: ansible
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton)Fixed in: ansible

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-74vq-h4q8-x6jvlow

Ansible Path Traversal vulnerability

Apr 15, 2019
redhatCVE-2019-3828Moderate

Ansible: path traversal in the fetch module

Feb 12, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/172837/Ansible-Fetch-Path-Traversal.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3744
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3789
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ansible/ansible/pull/52133
PatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4072-1
Third Party Advisory