Is CVE-2023-5115 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-5115 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-5115?

CVE-2023-5115 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-5115?

CVE-2023-5115 has an EPSS score of 0.86% (54th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5115?

Upgrade ansible on debian 11 to 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 23 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-5115

MEDIUM

6.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-36 CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

ansibleDebian

Fixed in:2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.17+dfsg-0+deb11u1CVE-2023-5115

Fixed in:5.4.0-1CVE-2023-5115

ansible-coreRocky

Fixed in:0:2.15.5-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:2.14.11-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:2.14.11-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:2.15.5-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:2.14.11-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

ansible-coreRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.15.5-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:2.14.11-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:2.15.5-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:2.14.11-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:2.15.5-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

ansible-testRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:2.15.5-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:2.14.11-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:2.15.5-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:2.14.11-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

ansible-testRocky

Fixed in:0:2.15.5-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:2.14.11-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:2.15.5-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:2.14.11-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

automation-controllerRocky

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

automation-controllerRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

automation-controller-cliRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

automation-controller-cliRocky

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

automation-controller-serverRocky

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

automation-controller-serverRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

automation-controller-uiRocky

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

automation-controller-uiRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

automation-controller-venv-towerRocky

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

automation-controller-venv-towerRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

Fixed in:0:4.3.16-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5701

Fixed in:0:4.4.6-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

python-djangoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.2.22-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

python-djangoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.2.22-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

python3-djangoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.2.22-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

python3-djangoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.2.22-1.el9apRHSA-2023:5758

python39-djangoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.2.22-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

python39-djangoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.2.22-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

python3x-djangoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.2.22-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

python3x-djangoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.2.22-1.el8apRHSA-2023:5758

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.86%probability of exploitation in 30 days

54thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 54% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Other references1

lists.debian.org

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