MEDIUM 6.3 Microsoft

CVE-2023-5115

Ansible: malicious role archive can cause ansible-galaxy to overwrite arbitrary files

Microsoft Security Update 2023-Dec: Ansible: malicious role archive can cause ansible-galaxy to overwrite arbitrary files

Affected Products

azl3 ansible 2.15.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
cbl2 ansible 2.14.11-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0
azl3 ansible 2.17.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
cbl2 ansible 2.14.12-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5115
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5115

Published: 2023-12-12 · Source: Microsoft · Feed updated: 2026-10-22

This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.3 was published on 2023-12-12 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 ansible 2.15.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 ansible 2.14.11-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0, azl3 ansible 2.17.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 and 1 more.

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