CVE-2023-5115

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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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.3 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
[email protected]
Published
2023-12-18 14:15:10.500000
Last modified
2026-11-07 14:16:57.593000
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