CVE-2019-3828
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 44th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- redhat/ansible
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172837/Ansible-Fetch-Path-Traversal.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3744Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3789Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172837/Ansible-Fetch-Path-Traversal.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3744Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3789Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.