CVE-2023-5115

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ansible (affected versions not specified)

Description An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform, allowing 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. The vulnerability is related to incorrect link resolution before accessing a file, which can allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.