PT-2023-5465

CVE-2023-5115

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Published

2023-09-21

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Updated

2026-11-06

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.5
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:N
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.
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
GHSA-JPVW-P8PR-9G2X
AZL-32279
AZL-34540
DLA-3695-1
DLA-3695-2
OESA-2025-1125
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13311-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14251-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14537-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15638-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15754-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10945-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12451-1
PYSEC-2026-1120
RHSA-2023:5701
RHSA-2023:5758
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