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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
6.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 44.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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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

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka Red Hat, redhat
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 8On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 9On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Red Hat Ansible Automation PlatformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
AnsibleOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Ansible CoreOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Common EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PyPI
package-ecosystem
ansible
OSS Libraries
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
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