CVE-2019-14904

A flaw was found in the solaris_zone module from the Ansible Community modules. When setting the name for the zone on the Solaris host, the zone name is checked by listing the process with the 'ps' bare command on the remote machine. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw by crafting the name of the zone and executing arbitrary commands in the remote host. Ansible Engine 2.7.15, 2.8.7, and 2.9.2 as well as previous versions are affected.

Published: 2020-08-26 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-14904 is rated Moderate Risk (41.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.42%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-14904

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 0.04% 0.42% +0.38%
2 2025-11-21 0.14% 0.04% -0.10%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-14904

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.3 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.5 5.3 [email protected]
6.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 8.5 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-14904

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-14904

GHSA-gwr8-5j83-483c · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — OS Command Injection and Improper Input Validation in ansible

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-14904

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-14904: 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-2019-14904
debian low CVE-2019-14904 low 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-2019-14904
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14904
suse high CVE-2019-14904 severity important: SUSE including 121 source package names (ansible-10-10.6.0-1.1, ansible-11-11.11.0-1.1, …), 252 product×package rows across 10 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA, … (10 product lines)): Fixed 252. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14904/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-14904 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ansible), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 11, released 3, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14904

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-14904

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat ansible < 2.7.15 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat ansible >= 2.9.0, < 2.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-14904

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