CVE-2019-14904

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-08-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A flaw was found in the solaris_zone module from the Ansible Community modules. When setting the name for the zone on the Solaris host, the zone name is checked by listing the process with the 'ps' bare command on the remote machine. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting the name of the zone and executing arbitrary commands in the remote host. Ansible Engine 2.7.15, 2.8.7, and 2.9.2 as well as previous versions are affected.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 9.0, 10.0
Red Hat Ansible: before 2.7.15; from 2.8.0 before 2.8.7; from 2.9.0 before 2.9.2 — fixed in 2.7.15, 2.8.7, 2.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Ansible 2.7.15, 2.8.7, 2.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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