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CVE-2023-5115

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

Published: Dec 18, 2023Updated: Dec 6, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-36
NVD MITRE
6.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 46.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Ansible symlink attack vulnerability

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:RS:UC:LI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-36CWE-22

Affected Products

ansiblePyPIOSS Libraries
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Common EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
and 12 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c
github.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
access.redhat.com
and 12 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 18, 2023
Last Updated
Dec 6, 2024

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