UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189

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CVE-2023-5189
Published: 14 Nov 2023, 23:15
Last modified:20 May 2026, 16:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Nov 2023, 23:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
20 May 2026, 16:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in Ansible when extracting tarballs. An attacker could craft a malicious tarball so that when using the galaxy importer of Ansible Automation Hub, a symlink could be dropped on the disk, resulting in files being overwritten.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•ansible

    all | all | all | all

  • ubuntu•ansible-core

    all | all | all | all

References (2)