{"cve":"CVE-2023-5115","nvd":{"published":"2023-12-18T14:15:10.500","modified":"2026-06-17T06:47:33.857","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","score":6.3},"cwes":["CWE-36","CWE-22"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","redhat:ansible_automation_platform","redhat:ansible_developer","redhat:ansible_inside"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:42:34.585441961+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-5115","score":0.01013,"percentile":0.63247,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x","summary":"Ansible symlink attack vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-07T17:56:34.211489421Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<8.5.0"],"fixed":["8.5.0"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1120","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-1120","summary":"Ansible symlink attack vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-07T17:46:24.012733527Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"ansible","purl":"pkg:pypi/ansible","ranges":["<8.5.0"],"fixed":["8.5.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}