PYSEC-2026-1120

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-07 11:45 - Updated: 2026-07-07 17:23
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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.

Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Impacted products
Name purl
ansible pkg:pypi/ansible
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-5115",
    "GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x"
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  "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-1120",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T17:23:40.078148Z",
  "published": "2026-07-07T11:45:29.360674Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810"
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      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/ansible"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html"
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ansible symlink attack vulnerability"
}


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