CVE-2023-5115

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.01% (63rd) EPSS
CVSS 6.3 · medium
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85 products
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Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.3
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.1 · impact 4.2
v3.16.3mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 2.1 · impact 4.2
v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.16.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USCWE-22USCWE-36USCWE-36USCWE-36USCWE-59US
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affected products (85)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (5)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • RHSA-2023:5701Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 Product Security and Bug Fix Update2023-10-16csaf · redhat_csafUS

    An update is now available for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

  • RHSA-2023:5758Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update2023-10-16csaf · redhat_csafUS

    An update is now available for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-2447Ansible: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von DateienDeutsch2023-09-26csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ansible ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren.

  • GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2xAnsible symlink attack vulnerability2023-12-28ghsa · osvUS

    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.

  • PYSEC-2026-1120Ansible symlink attack vulnerability2026-07-07vendor · osvUS

    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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also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvcert_bundredhat_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-12-18modified 2026-09-22
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references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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