CVE-2019-14905
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with an admin-level account. High risk of data exposure.
- Exploit odds
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.6 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-20 · Improper input validation
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Redhat Ansible Engine < 2.7.16
- Redhat Ansible Engine < 2.8.8
- Redhat Ansible Engine < 2.9.3
- Redhat Ansible Tower 3.0.0
- Redhat Ceph Storage 3.0
- Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine 5.0
- Redhat Openstack 13
- Fedoraproject Fedora 30
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 5.6
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
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Fix and advisories
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0218
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14905
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0218
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14905
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0218
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14905
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BNCYPQ4BY5QHBCJOAOPANB5FHATW2BR/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0218
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14905
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BNCYPQ4BY5QHBCJOAOPANB5FHATW2BR/