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Status published
Medium
CVE-2023-5115
Ansible: malicious role archive can cause ansible-galaxy to overwrite arbitrary files
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
Red Hat
View all reports →Affected Software
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 9, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2
Vulnerable Versions:
0:2.14.11-1.el8ap, 0:2.14.11-1.el9ap, 0:2.15.5-1.el8ap, 0:2.15.5-1.el9ap
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 18th, 2023
Last Modified:
November 20th, 2025
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.