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CVE-2019-3828

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-03-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Ansible: from 2.5.0 before 2.5.15; from 2.6.0 before 2.6.14; from 2.7.0 before 2.7.8 — fixed in 2.5.15, 2.6.14, 2.7.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Red Hat Ansible 2.5.15, 2.6.14, 2.7.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172837/Ansible-Fetch-Path-Traversal.html
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3744
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3789
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828
• https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html

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