CVE-2023-5189

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.98% (62nd) EPSS
CVSS 6.5 · medium
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24 products
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Who says so?
7 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedpython-galaxy-importer-0:0.4.18-1.el9ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
  • Fixedpython3-galaxy-importer-0:0.4.18-1.el9ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
  • Fixedpython39-galaxy-importer-0:0.4.18-1.el8ap.noarch as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
  • Fixedpython3x-galaxy-importer-0:0.4.18-1.el8ap.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
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cvss

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

6.5
010

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

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6
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
v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USCWE-22USCWE-22USCWE-23USCWE-23USCWE-23US
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affected products (24)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (5)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • RHSA-2023:7773Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update2023-12-13csaf · 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-2023-2449Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von DateienDeutsch2023-09-26csaf · cert_bundDE

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

  • WID-SEC-W-2024-0949Red Hat Satellite: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-04-23csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Satellite ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Dateien zu manipulieren, HTTP-Request-Smuggling-Angriffe durchzuführen oder Phishing- und Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS)-Angriffe auszuführen.

  • GHSA-55g2-vm3q-7w52Ansible galaxy-importer Path Traversal vulnerability2023-11-15ghsa · osvUS

    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.

  • PYSEC-2026-1401Ansible galaxy-importer Path Traversal vulnerability2026-07-07vendor · osvUS

    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.

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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_bundnvdredhat_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-11-14modified 2026-06-17
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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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