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.
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 8 | 0:2.14.11-1.el8ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.3 for RHEL 9 | 0:2.14.11-1.el9ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | 0:2.15.5-1.el8ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 | 0:2.15.5-1.el9ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 | unspecified |
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.