Ansible Automation Platform
CVE-2023-5115
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Lifecycle Timeline
1Blast Radius
ecosystem impact- 3 pypi packages depend on ansible (2 direct, 1 indirect)
Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 8.5.0.
DescriptionNVD
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.
AnalysisAI
An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-36. 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. Affected products include: Redhat Ansible Automation Platform, Redhat Ansible Inside, Redhat Ansible Developer, Debian Debian Linux.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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