CVE-2023-5115CWE-36

Ansible: malicious role archive can cause ansible-galaxy to overwrite arbitrary files

Medium · published December 18, 2023

CVSS v3.1
6.3
EPSS
1%
Percentile
62.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01013 · 62.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-36 · Absolute Path Traversal
Published
2023-12-18T13:43Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 DEC 13:43Z
    Ansible: malicious role archive can cause ansible-galaxy to overwrite arbitrary files
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