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CVE-2023-5764

A template injection flaw was found in Ansible where a user's controller internal templating operations may remove the u

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.00065
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-1336Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine
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Affected Products & Versions

8
redhat ansible< 2.14.12
redhat ansible>= 2.15.0 and < 2.15.7
redhat ansibleall versions
fedoraproject extra packages for enterprise linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
redhat ansible automation platformall versions
redhat ansible developerall versions
redhat ansible insideall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI ansible-core MODERATE fixed in 2.16.1
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Scoring & Timeline

7.1
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD12 Dec 2023 · 10:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

12
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15754-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:15638-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14537-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14251-1
usnUSN-6846-1
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7Q6CHPVCHMZS5M7V22GOKFSXZAQ24EU/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241025-0001/
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