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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.
- Products
- ansible, ansible-core
- Affected versions
- 1.9.2+dfsg-2, 1.9.4-1, 2.0.0.2-2, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.1, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.2, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3, 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm1, 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1, 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.12.0-1, 2.12.0-1ubuntu0.1, 2.14.11-1, 2.14.11-2, 2.14.13-1, 2.14.9-2, 2.16.3-0ubuntu1, 2.16.3-0ubuntu2, 2.18.1-4ubuntu1, 2.19.0-1ubuntu1, 2.19.0~beta4-1ubuntu1, 2.19.4-1, 2.20.1-1, 2.21.1~rc1-1, 2.21.1~rc1-2, 2.21.1~rc1-2ubuntu1, 2.22.0~beta2-1, 2.3.1.0+dfsg-2, 2.5.0+dfsg-1, 2.5.1+dfsg-1, 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1, 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 2.8.3+dfsg-1, 2.8.6+dfsg-1, 2.9.2+dfsg-1, 2.9.4+dfsg-1, 2.9.6+dfsg-1, 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
- Fixed versions
- 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm2, 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm4, 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-5764
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:11 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2023-5764
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3+esm2
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.5.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.9.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
ansible-core
Fixed versions: Not specified
ansible
Fixed versions: 2.10.7+merged+base+2.10.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
ansible-core
Fixed versions: Not specified
ansible-core
Fixed versions: Not specified
ansible-core
Fixed versions: Not specified
ansible-core
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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