CVE-2019-3828

MEDIUM

Ansible < 2.5.15 - Path Traversal via Fetch Module Absolute Path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3744
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3789
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133

Scores

CVSS v3 4.2
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
pypi/ansible 0 - 2.5.15PyPI
redhat/ansible 2.5.0 - 2.5.15
Published Mar 27, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026