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CVE-2023-5115 Details

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701 CVEVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758 CVEVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115 CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810 CVEIssue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]
CWE-36Absolute Path Traversal[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
redhat ansible automation platform
1.2
2.3
2.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat ansible inside
1.1
1.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_inside:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_inside:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat ansible developer
1.0
1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_developer:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_developer:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-5115
NVD Published Date:
Dec 18, 2023
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2023-5115 Details - Not Deferred