Medium severity · published Dec 18, 2023
CVE-2023-5115
An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform
6.3
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 63% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AA
Ansible Automation Platform · Redhat
1.2; 2.3; 2.4 · source: NVD
AD
Ansible Developer · Redhat
1.0; 1.1 · source: NVD
AI
Ansible Inside · Redhat
1.1; 1.2 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5115
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
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