CVE-2019-14856

ansible before versions 2.8.6, 2.7.14, 2.6.20 is vulnerable to a None

Published: 2019-11-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-14856 is rated Moderate Risk (52.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.65%). EPSS rose +1.27% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-14856

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.38% 1.65% +1.27%
2 2026-06-02 0.45% 0.38% -0.07%
3 2026-04-21 — 0.45% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-14856

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.4 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.2 5.2 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-14856

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-14856

GHSA-6fq2-x65v-v9h7 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Ansible password prompts could expose passwords

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-14856

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2019-14856: 2 source package rows (ansible, ansible-base); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-14856
debian unimportant CVE-2019-14856 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ansible), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14856
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14856
suse low CVE-2019-14856 severity low: SUSE including 119 source package names (ansible-10-10.6.0-1.1, ansible-11-11.11.0-1.1, …), 250 product×package rows across 10 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, HPE Helion OpenStack Cloud 8, … (10 product lines)): Fixed 246, Known Not Affected 4. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14856/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-14856 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ansible), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14856

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-14856

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat ansible >= 2.6.0, < 2.6.20 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse backports_sle 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 13 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-14856

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