{"cve":"CVE-2023-5189","nvd":{"published":"2023-11-14T23:15:12.290","modified":"2026-06-17T06:47:45.507","status":"Modified","description":"A path traversal vulnerability exists in Ansible when extracting tarballs. An attacker could craft a malicious tarball so that when using the galaxy importer of Ansible Automation Hub, a symlink could be dropped on the disk, resulting in files being overwritten.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":6.5},"cwes":["CWE-23","CWE-22"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1536","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2010","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5189","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2234387"],"products":["redhat:ansible_automation_platform","redhat:satellite"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:42:07.670898610+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-5189","score":0.00982,"percentile":0.62304,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-55g2-vm3q-7w52","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-55g2-vm3q-7w52","summary":"Ansible galaxy-importer Path Traversal vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-07T17:56:36.437671013Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"galaxy-importer","purl":"pkg:pypi/galaxy-importer","ranges":["<=0.4.16"],"fixed":[]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1401","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-1401","summary":"Ansible galaxy-importer Path Traversal vulnerability","modified":"2026-07-07T17:46:43.184056072Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"galaxy-importer","purl":"pkg:pypi/galaxy-importer","ranges":["<=0.4.16"],"fixed":[]}]}],"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."]}