#VU84432 Path traversal in galaxy-importer - CVE-2023-5189
Published: December 14, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU84432
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5189
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
galaxy-importer
galaxy-importer
Software vendor:
Ansible
Ansible
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in symbolic link filename within the _extract_archive() function in galaxy-importer/collection.py. A remote attacker can trick the victim to use a specially crafted archive and overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.