CVE-2023-5115
moderate-risk
Published 2023-12-18
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.72% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.3/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (8)
Ansible Inside
Ansible Inside
Ansible Developer
Ansible Developer
References (9)
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
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
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
23/34 · High
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
14/34 · Moderate