{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14905","details":"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.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:45:31Z","published":"2020-03-31T17:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2019-14905"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14905"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1776943"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14905"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ansible","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ansible@2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.3.1.0+dfsg-2","2.5.0+dfsg-1","2.5.1+dfsg-1","2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1","2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1","2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2","2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm3","2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm4","2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"ansible","binary_version":"2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14905.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}