External Control of File Name or Path Affecting ansible package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-ANSIBLE-9863710
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed27 Nov 2019

Introduced: 27 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-14905  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 ansible.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible package and not the ansible package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1