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CVE-2023-5115

Published: Dec 18, 2023

Modified: Nov 20, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.3

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 8

unaffected
0:2.14.11-1.el8ap - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 9

unaffected
0:2.14.11-1.el9ap - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

unaffected
0:2.15.5-1.el8ap - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

unaffected
0:2.15.5-1.el9ap - < *

Red Hat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2

All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-36

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

RHSA-2023:5701
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2023:5758
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2233810
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT

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