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CVE-2023-5115 (GCVE-0-2023-5115)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-18 13:43 – Updated: 2025-11-20 17:29

Title

Ansible: malicious role archive can cause ansible-galaxy to overwrite arbitrary files

Summary

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.

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-36 - Absolute Path Traversal

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	x_transferred

Impacted products

5 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 8	Unaffected: 0:2.14.11-1.el8ap , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.3::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.3::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.3::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.3::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.3::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.3::el9
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 9	Unaffected: 0:2.14.11-1.el9ap , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.3::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.3::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.3::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.3::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.3::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.3::el9
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8	Unaffected: 0:2.15.5-1.el8ap , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9	Unaffected: 0:2.15.5-1.el9ap , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2	cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform

Date Public

2023-09-21 19:33

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      "status": "final",
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      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-5115.json",
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      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
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      "product_status:known_affected": "2",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "13",
      "product_status:recommended": "15",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2023-5115",
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OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15638-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2025-10-16 00:00 - Updated: 2025-10-16 00:00

Summary

ansible-core-2.18-2.18.10-2.1 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

6 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-5115.

CVE-2023-5115

6.3 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Recommended: 8 products

Open the full advisory

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15754-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2025-11-21 00:00 - Updated: 2025-11-21 00:00

Summary

ansible-core-2.19-2.19.4-1.1 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

6 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-5115.

CVE-2023-5115

6.3 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Recommended: 8 products

Open the full advisory

PYSEC-2026-1120

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-07 11:45 - Updated: 2026-07-07 17:23

Details

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Impacted products

Name	purl
ansible	pkg:pypi/ansible

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        "6.7.0",
        "7.0.0",
        "7.0.0a1",
        "7.0.0a2",
        "7.0.0b1",
        "7.0.0rc1",
        "7.1.0",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    "CVE-2023-5115",
    "GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-1120",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T17:23:40.078148Z",
  "published": "2026-07-07T11:45:29.360674Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
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    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ansible symlink attack vulnerability"
}

RHSA-2023:5701

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2023-10-16 01:05 - Updated: 2026-06-25 11:03

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 Product Security and Bug Fix Update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-5115.

CVE-2023-5115

6.3 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Fixed: 12 products Known not affected: 14 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701

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RHSA-2023:5758

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2023-10-16 15:39 - Updated: 2026-06-25 11:03

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-5115.

CVE-2023-5115

6.3 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Fixed: 12 products Known not affected: 30 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758

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RHSA-2023_5701

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2023-10-16 01:05 - Updated: 2024-12-06 11:12

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 Product Security and Bug Fix Update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-5115.

CVE-2023-5115

6.3 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Fixed: 12 products Known not affected: 18 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701

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RHSA-2023_5758

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2023-10-16 15:39 - Updated: 2024-12-06 11:12

Summary

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update

Severity

Moderate

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2023-5115.

CVE-2023-5115

6.3 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Fixed: 12 products Known not affected: 34 products

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758

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ubuntu-cve-2023-5115

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-12-18 14:15

Modified

2026-05-20 15:02

Summary

Details

Severity

6.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

6.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-5115	REPORT
	https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/81780	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5115	REPORT

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WID-SEC-W-2023-2447

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2023-09-26 22:00 - Updated: 2026-06-07 22:00

Summary

Ansible: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von Dateien

Severity

Mittel

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-5115.

CVE-2023-5115

Known affected: 8 products

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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