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

🗓️ 16 Oct 2023 01:05:28Reported by RedHatType 
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Absolute path traversal in Ansible lets a crafted role overwrite files outside the extraction path.

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25 Jun 2026 11:03Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 3.16.3
EPSS0.00859
CWE-36
absolute path traversalansiblecrafted roleoverwrite filesextraction pathsymlink
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