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

6.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 For Rhel 8
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 For Rhel 9
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 For Rhel 8
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 For Rhel 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 December 2023
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What is CVE-2023-5115?

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.

Affected Version(s)

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 8 0:2.14.11-1.el8ap

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 9 0:2.14.11-1.el9ap

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 0:2.15.5-1.el8ap

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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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
High
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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