SCA: security update for ansible (GHSA-74vq-h4q8-x6jv)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423429

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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. (CVE-2019-3828)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-74vq-h4q8-x6jv

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 423429

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3828

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.4

Threat Score: 0.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3828

BID: 107650

IAVB: 2022-B-0007

cwe: CWE-22