CVE-2023-5115 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-5115: Ansible: malicious role archive can cause ansible-galaxy to overwrite arbitrary files

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2
Weakness CWE-36
Published December 18, 2023
Last update November 20, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 18, 2023 CVE published
November 20, 2025 Record updated