CVE catalog
CVE-2023-5115
ansible: CVE-2023-5115
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.01% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | sid | 14.4.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | forky | 14.0.0+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | trixie | 12.0.0+dfsg-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible | bookworm | 7.7.0+dfsg-3+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible-core | sid | 2.22.0~beta2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible-core | forky | 2.22.0~beta2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible-core | trixie | 2.19.11-0+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | ansible-core | bookworm | 2.14.18-0+deb12u2 | fixed |
| Opensuse | ansible-core-2.20 | tumbleweed | 2.20.6-1.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | ansible-core-2.18 | tumbleweed | 2.18.10-2.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | ansible-core | tumbleweed | 2.16.9-1.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | ansible-core-2.19 | tumbleweed | 2.19.4-1.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | ansible-core-2.17 | tumbleweed | 2.17.6-1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | ansible | source | sid | 5.4.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible | source | forky | 5.4.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible | source | trixie | 5.4.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible | source | bookworm | 5.4.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | ansible-core | source | sid | 2.14.11-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1053693] |
| Debian | ansible-core | source | forky | 2.14.11-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1053693] |
| Debian | ansible-core | source | trixie | 2.14.11-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1053693] |
| Debian | ansible-core | source | bookworm | 2.14.16-0+deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1053693] |
| Opensuse | ansible-core-2.20 | rpm | tumbleweed | 2.20.6-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10945-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | ansible-core-2.18 | rpm | tumbleweed | 2.18.10-2.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15638-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | ansible-core | rpm | tumbleweed | 2.16.9-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14251-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | ansible-core-2.19 | rpm | tumbleweed | 2.19.4-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15754-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | ansible-core-2.17 | rpm | tumbleweed | 2.17.6-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14537-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_13311-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5115]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14251-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14537-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15638-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:15754-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10945-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5115]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2023/wid-sec-w-2023-2447.json]
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