Description
An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious Ansible role and make the victim execute the role. A symlink can be used to overwrite a file outside of the extraction path.
Published: 2023-12-18
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3695-1 ansible security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-3236 An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious Ansible role and make the victim execute the role. A symlink can be used to overwrite a file outside of the extraction path.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x Ansible symlink attack vulnerability
History

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Metrics epss

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epss

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Weaknesses CWE-36

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Automation Platform Developer Ansible Automation Platform Inside Ansible Developer Ansible Inside Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-20T17:29:54.523Z

Reserved: 2023-09-21T19:29:27.130Z

Link: CVE-2023-5115

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-18T14:15:10.500

Modified: 2024-12-06T11:15:07.183

Link: CVE-2023-5115

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-09-21T19:33:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-5115 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses