CVE-2023-5115

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.06 BB Relevance: 53/100
Published: 2023-12-18 Modified: 2026-11-07 First seen: 2026-11-07 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: Low
I: High
A: None

Description

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.

Bug Bounty Relevance

53 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.01%
Raw Score 0.010130
Percentile 63.5%
Date 2026-11-08

EPSS Trend

2026-11-08
0.01013
2026-11-07
0.01013
2026-11-06
0.01013

Intelligence Sources

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