Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-14905
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:19 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2019-14905
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14905",
"method": "structured",
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"summary": "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.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-14905",
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"severity": "medium",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:17.262322241Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5BNCYPQ4BY5QHBCJOAOPANB5FHATW2BR/",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 429522,
"published_at": "2020-03-31T17:15:26.013+00:00"
}