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.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
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Debian DLA |
DLA-3695-1 | ansible security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2023-3236 | 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. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x | Ansible symlink attack vulnerability |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-09T23:36:37.664Z
Reserved: 2023-09-21T19:29:27.130Z
Link: CVE-2023-5115
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Status : Modified
Published: 2023-12-18T14:15:10.500
Modified: 2024-12-06T11:15:07.183
Link: CVE-2023-5115
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
EUVD
Github GHSA