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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

CVE-2023-5764

High
7.8/10

Summary

A template injection flaw was found in ansible-core 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 code injection when supplying templating data. This issue affects the versions through 2.14.11, 2.15.0b1 through 2.15.6, and 2.16.0b1 through 2.16.0.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-1336 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine

The product uses a template engine to insert or process externally-influenced input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements or syntax that can be interpreted as template expressions or other code directives when processed by the engine.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published