GHSA-4JHW-J7JR-J479

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-09 00:31 – Updated: 2026-10-09 00:31
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A flaw was found in ansible-core. When installing a collection with ansible-galaxy collection install, the archive extractor validates member paths using lexical path normalisation (os.path.abspath) instead of resolving symbolic links (os.path.realpath), and it performs no containment check on symlink-typed directory members before creating them. A crafted collection tarball can chain symlink directory entries so that a subsequent file member is written outside the intended destination directory. This allows an attacker who can get a victim to install a malicious collection to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running ansible-galaxy, leading to code execution on the control node. This is a bypass of the fix for CVE-2020-10691.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-89091"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-08T22:17:35Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "A flaw was found in ansible-core. When installing a collection with\n`ansible-galaxy collection install`, the archive extractor validates member\npaths using lexical path normalisation (os.path.abspath) instead of resolving\nsymbolic links (os.path.realpath), and it performs no containment check on\nsymlink-typed directory members before creating them. A crafted collection\ntarball can chain symlink directory entries so that a subsequent file member is\nwritten outside the intended destination directory. This allows an attacker who\ncan get a victim to install a malicious collection to overwrite arbitrary files\nwith the privileges of the user running ansible-galaxy, leading to code\nexecution on the control node. This is a bypass of the fix for CVE-2020-10691.",
  "id": "GHSA-4jhw-j7jr-j479",
  "modified": "2026-10-09T00:31:47Z",
  "published": "2026-10-09T00:31:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89091"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-89091"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531646"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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