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Vulnerability details: VCID-b4w1-a3tp-9kft
Vulnerability ID VCID-b4w1-a3tp-9kft
Aliases CVE-2023-5115
GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x
Summary Ansible symlink attack vulnerability 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
cvssv3 6.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-5115.json
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
generic_textual MODERATE https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00337 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00346 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00346 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00346 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
epss 0.00346 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
generic_textual MODERATE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-5115.json
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5115
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5115
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c
https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115
1053693 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1053693
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
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:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-5115.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/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:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.5606
EPSS Score 0.00337
Published At Aug. 1, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:42:26.914144+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/12/GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x/GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x.json 37.0.0