CVE-2023-5764 (GCVE-0-2023-5764)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-12 22:01 – Updated: 2025-11-20 18:07
VLAI?
Title
Ansible: template injection
Summary
A template injection flaw was found in Ansible where a user's controller internal templating operations may remove the unsafe designation from template data. This issue could allow an attacker to use a specially crafted file to introduce templating injection when supplying templating data.
Severity ?
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-1336 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 Unaffected: 1:2.15.8-1.el8ap , < * (rpm)
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    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8
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    Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 Unaffected: 1:2.15.8-1.el8ap , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9
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    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8
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    Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 Unaffected: 1:2.15.8-1.el9ap , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9
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    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8
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    Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 Unaffected: 1:2.15.8-1.el9ap , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9
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    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.4::el8
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