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Vulnerability details: VCID-smfv-6q3x-qkcz
Vulnerability ID VCID-smfv-6q3x-qkcz
Aliases CVE-2019-3828
GHSA-74vq-h4q8-x6jv
PYSEC-2019-5
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 3.8
Risk 1.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 4.2 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
generic_textual LOW http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
cvssv3.1 4.2 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
generic_textual LOW http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
cvssv3.1 4.2 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
generic_textual LOW http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
cvssv3.1 4.2 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172837/Ansible-Fetch-Path-Traversal.html
generic_textual LOW http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172837/Ansible-Fetch-Path-Traversal.html
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3744
generic_textual LOW https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3744
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3789
generic_textual LOW https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3789
cvssv3 4.2 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-3828.json
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00039 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
epss 0.00043 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828
generic_textual LOW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828
cvssv3 4.2 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74vq-h4q8-x6jv
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74vq-h4q8-x6jv
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74vq-h4q8-x6jv
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/396a2f74717477d80600450e2b7e45349d7b5110
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/396a2f74717477d80600450e2b7e45349d7b5110
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4be3215d2f9f84ca283895879f0c6ce1ed7dd333
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4be3215d2f9f84ca283895879f0c6ce1ed7dd333
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f3edc091523fbe301926b7a0db25fbbd96940d93
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f3edc091523fbe301926b7a0db25fbbd96940d93
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2019-5.yaml
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2019-5.yaml
cvssv2 3.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3828
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3828
generic_textual LOW https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3828
cvssv3.1 4.2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1
generic_textual LOW https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1
Reference id Reference type URL
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://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-3828.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2019-3828
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10855
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10875
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16837
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16876
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-3828
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74vq-h4q8-x6jv
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/396a2f74717477d80600450e2b7e45349d7b5110
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4be3215d2f9f84ca283895879f0c6ce1ed7dd333
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f3edc091523fbe301926b7a0db25fbbd96940d93
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2019-5.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3828
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1/
1676689 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1676689
922537 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=922537
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
RHSA-2019:0430 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0430
RHSA-2019:0431 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0431
RHSA-2019:0432 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0432
RHSA-2019:0433 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0433
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00021.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00077.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00020.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172837/Ansible-Fetch-Path-Traversal.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3744
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3789
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2019-3828.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3828
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74vq-h4q8-x6jv
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/396a2f74717477d80600450e2b7e45349d7b5110
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/4be3215d2f9f84ca283895879f0c6ce1ed7dd333
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f3edc091523fbe301926b7a0db25fbbd96940d93
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/52133
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2019-5.yaml
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Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3828
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3828
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://usn.ubuntu.com/4072-1
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.10645
EPSS Score 0.00039
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:07:29.774280+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/ansible/PYSEC-2019-5.yaml 37.0.0