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CVE-2023-5115

UNKNOWN
Published 2023-12-18T13:43:07.791Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.442
Higher than 44.2% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 8

Affected Versions:

0:2.14.11-1.el8ap
Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 9

Affected Versions:

0:2.14.11-1.el9ap
Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

Affected Versions:

0:2.15.5-1.el8ap
Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

Affected Versions:

0:2.15.5-1.el9ap
Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed MODERATE

Ansible symlink attack vulnerability

GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x

Advisory 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.

Affected Packages

PyPI ansible
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <8.5.0

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115
WEB https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
WEB https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221
PACKAGE https://github.com/ansible/ansible
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: December 28, 2023, Modified: December 6, 2024

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
Published: 2023-12-18T13:43:07.791Z
Last Modified: 2024-12-06T11:10:44.793Z
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