id: PYSEC-2026-1120
published: "2026-07-07T11:45:29.360674Z"
modified: "2026-07-07T17:23:40.078148Z"
aliases:
- CVE-2023-5115
- GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x
summary: Ansible symlink attack vulnerability
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.
affected:
- package:
    name: ansible
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/ansible
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: "0"
    - fixed: 8.5.0
  versions:
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  - "1.1"
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  - "1.4"
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  - "1.5"
  - 1.5.1
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  - "1.6"
  - 1.6.1
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  - "1.7"
  - 1.7.1
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  - "1.8"
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  - 8.2.0
  - 8.3.0
  - 8.4.0
references:
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115
- type: WEB
  url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1e930684bc0a76ec3d094cd326738ad26416541c
- type: WEB
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5701
- type: WEB
  url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5758
- type: WEB
  url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5115
- type: WEB
  url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2233810
- type: WEB
  url: "https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-build-data/blob/16d36538b96c65d9e0e28d89781361b69857ac0e/8/CHANGELOG-v8.rst#L221"
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://github.com/ansible/ansible
- type: WEB
  url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00018.html
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://pypi.org/project/ansible
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jpvw-p8pr-9g2x
severity:
- type: CVSS_V3
  score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N