CVE-2019-14905
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…
- 7.3HighCVSS base score
- 0.71%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 46% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.71% · top 46% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIansibleGHSA-frxj-5j27-f8rf (opens in a new tab)
References
References6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14905 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0218 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0216 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-2bed89517f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0513 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0523 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-0018 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-frxj-5j27-f8rf (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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