Symlink Attack The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ansible (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published25 Sept 2023
- disclosed21 Sept 2023
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 21 Sep 2023
CVE-2023-5115 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for ansible.
Amendment
This was deemed not a vulnerability.
Overview
ansible is a simple IT automation system.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the ansible-galaxy function. When installing a maliciously created Ansible role using ansible-galaxy role install, arbitrary files the user has access to can be overwritten. The malicious role must contain a symlink with an absolute path to the target file, followed by a file of the same name (as the symlink) with the contents to write to the target.