DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5115

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5115
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5115.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5115
Upstream
Published
2023-12-18T14:15:10Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:17:53.354545Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1

Affected versions

2.*

2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

ansible-core

Package

Name
ansible-core
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible-core?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.16-0+deb12u1

Affected versions

2.*

2.14.3-1
2.14.6-1
2.14.7-1
2.14.8-1
2.14.9-1
2.14.9-2
2.14.10-1
2.14.11-1
2.14.11-2
2.14.13-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

ansible-core

Package

Name
ansible-core
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible-core?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

ansible

Package

Name
ansible
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

ansible-core

Package

Name
ansible-core
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ansible-core?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.14.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}