DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5115

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2023-5115
Downstream
DLA-3695-1
Published: 18 Dec 2023, 14:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
6.3 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Dec 2023, 14:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • debian•ansible

    < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1 | < 5.4.0-1 | < 5.4.0-1 | < 5.4.0-1

  • debian•ansible-core

    < 2.14.16-0+deb12u1 | < 2.14.11-1 | < 2.14.11-1

References (1)