Ansible symlink attack vulnerability
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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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-5115US | medium6.3 | — | ||
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… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758WEB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115WEB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2xADVISORY
- https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221WEB
- https://github.com/ansible/ansiblePACKAGE
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541cWEB
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