CVE-2023-5115
Ansible symlink attack vulnerability
6.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.66%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-5115
To remediate CVE-2023-5115, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.14.16-0+deb12u1 or later
- —upgrade to 8.5.0 or later
Is CVE-2023-5115 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1
- from 0, < 2.14.16-0+deb12u1
- from 0, < 8.5.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |