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CVE-2023-5115

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Date: December 18, 2023

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.

Language: Python

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Related Resources (10)

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

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-22

Absolute Path Traversal

CWE-36

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

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