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Vulnerability details: VCID-682j-e2pu-1uee
Vulnerability ID VCID-682j-e2pu-1uee
Aliases CVE-2023-5764
GHSA-7j69-qfc3-2fq9
Summary Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine A template injection flaw was found in Ansible where a user's controller internal templating operations may remove the unsafe designation from template data. This issue could allow an attacker to use a specially crafted file to introduce code injection when supplying templating data.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.4
Risk 3.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1336 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
cvssv3.1 7.1 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
cvssv3 7.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-5764.json
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764
cvssv3.1 7.1 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00065 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
epss 0.00071 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629
cvssv3.1 7.1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7j69-qfc3-2fq9
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/270b39f6ff02511a2199505161218cbd1a5ae34f
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/270b39f6ff02511a2199505161218cbd1a5ae34f
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/7239d2d371bc6e274cbb7314e01431adce6ae25a
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/7239d2d371bc6e274cbb7314e01431adce6ae25a
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fea130480d261ea5bf6fcd5cf19a348f1686ceb1
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fea130480d261ea5bf6fcd5cf19a348f1686ceb1
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7Q6CHPVCHMZS5M7V22GOKFSXZAQ24EU
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7Q6CHPVCHMZS5M7V22GOKFSXZAQ24EU
cvssv3.1 6.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5764
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5764
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-5764.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5764
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/270b39f6ff02511a2199505161218cbd1a5ae34f
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/7239d2d371bc6e274cbb7314e01431adce6ae25a
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fea130480d261ea5bf6fcd5cf19a348f1686ceb1
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7Q6CHPVCHMZS5M7V22GOKFSXZAQ24EU
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7Q6CHPVCHMZS5M7V22GOKFSXZAQ24EU/
1057427 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1057427
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el9
CVE-2023-5764 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764
CVE-2023-5764 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5764
GHSA-7j69-qfc3-2fq9 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7j69-qfc3-2fq9
USN-6846-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6846-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-19T03:55:28Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-5764.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-19T03:55:28Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-07-19T03:55:28Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/270b39f6ff02511a2199505161218cbd1a5ae34f
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/7239d2d371bc6e274cbb7314e01431adce6ae25a
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fea130480d261ea5bf6fcd5cf19a348f1686ceb1
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7Q6CHPVCHMZS5M7V22GOKFSXZAQ24EU
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5764
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.20144
EPSS Score 0.00065
Published At April 21, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:52:14.432535+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/pypi/ansible/CVE-2023-5764.yml 38.0.0