Ansible fetch module before versions 2.5.15, 2.6.14, 2.7.8 has a path traversal vulnerability which allows copying and overwriting files outside of the specified destination in the local ansible controller host, by not restricting an absolute path.
CVE-2019-3828
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.2 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.5%, top 59% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.2
- EG Score
- 4.2(medium)
- EG Risk
- 24(Track)EG Risk 24/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity42% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS
- 41.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 27, 2019
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (18)
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
- secalert@redhathttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172837/Ansible-Fetch-Path-Traversal.html
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3744
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3789
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828
- secalert@redhathttps://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172837/Ansible-Fetch-Path-Traversal.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3744
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3789
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | ansible-node-fireball (2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | ansible-0:2.6.19-1.el7ae | 2019-11-07 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-0:2.7.8-1.el7ae | 2019-02-28 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-0:2.6.14-1.el7ae | 2019-02-28 | redhat |
| redhat | ansible-0:2.5.15-1.el7ae | 2019-02-28 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| ansible | 2.5.0 ... 2.7.7 (37 versions) | 2.7.8 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(7)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2019:0430MODERATE2019-02-12
RHSA-2019:0430 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2019:0431MODERATE2019-02-12
RHSA-2019:0431 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2019:0432MODERATE2019-02-12
RHSA-2019:0432 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2019:0433MODERATE2019-02-12
RHSA-2019:0433 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2019:3744MODERATE2019-02-12
RHSA-2019:3744 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2019:3789MODERATE2019-02-12
RHSA-2019:3789 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4072-1MEDIUM
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