{"id":"AZL-34540","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.","modified":"2026-04-01T05:11:29.656899Z","published":"2023-12-18T14:15:10Z","upstream":["CVE-2023-5115"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ansible","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/ansible"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.17.0-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-34540.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"}]}