AZL-34540

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    AZL-34540

    Published: 18 Dec 2023Last Modified: 21 Apr 2026
    Upstream:

    Summary: CVE-2023-5115 affecting package ansible for versions less than 2.17.0-1

    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 packages

    Package

    Name: ansible

    Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/ansible

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.17.0-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    AZL-34540 | CVE-DB