Directory Traversal Affecting ansible-core package, versions <2.14.16-0+deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ANSIBLECORE-18168441
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed18 Dec 2023

Introduced: 18 Dec 2023

CVE-2023-5115  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-36  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest ansible-core to version 2.14.16-0+deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ansible-core package and not the ansible-core package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1