ghsa-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-12-28 21:30
Modified
2023-12-29 18:19
Summary
Ansible symlink attack vulnerability
Details

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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        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "ansible"
      },
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            },
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-5115"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-12-29T18:19:35Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-12-18T14:15:10Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x",
  "modified": "2023-12-29T18:19:35Z",
  "published": "2023-12-28T21:30:37Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ansible symlink attack vulnerability"
}


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