GHSA-frxj-5j27-f8rf

Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere, Improper Input Validation, and External Control of File Name or Path in Ansible

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2019-14905
Aliases
PYSEC-2020-206
CVSS_V3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CVSS_V4
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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.

Affected packages

PackageVersions
PyPI · ansibleintroduced 2.7.0a1, fixed 2.7.16
PyPI · ansibleintroduced 2.8.0a1, fixed 2.8.8
PyPI · ansibleintroduced 2.9.0a1, fixed 2.9.3

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database