Vulnerability · Published Nov 14, 2023 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2023-5189Hub: insecure galaxy-importer tarfile extraction
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A path traversal vulnerability exists in Ansible when extracting tarballs. An attacker could craft a malicious tarball so that when using the galaxy importer of Ansible Automation Hub, a symlink could be dropped on the disk, resulting in files being overwritten.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | galaxy-importer | no fix listed | PYSEC-2026-1401 |
| PyPI | galaxy-importer | no fix listed | GHSA-55g2-vm3q-7w52 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ansible | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ansible | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ansible | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | ansible | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | ansible-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | ansible-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | ansible-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | ansible-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | ansible-core | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5189 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.14 for RHEL 8 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8 | see references |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Satellite 6.15 for RHEL 8 | see references |
Weakness: CWE-23 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
References
- RHSA-2023:7773 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:1536 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:2010 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5189 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2234387 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT