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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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3695-1 ansible security update
EUVD 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 Github GHSA GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x Ansible symlink attack vulnerability
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Weaknesses CWE-36

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-20T17:29:54.523Z

Reserved: 2023-09-21T19:29:27.130Z

Link: CVE-2023-5115

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-18T14:15:10.500

Modified: 2024-12-06T11:15:07.183

Link: CVE-2023-5115

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-09-21T19:33:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-5115 - Bugzilla

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