{"id":"CVE-2023-5764","aliases":["GHSA-7j69-qfc3-2fq9","PYSEC-2026-1122"],"title":"Ansible template injection vulnerability","summary":"Ansible template injection vulnerability","severity":"medium","cvss":6.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","vendor":"ansible-core","product":"ansible-core","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["ansible-core >= 2.16.0, < 2.16.1","ansible-core >= 2.15.0, < 2.15.8","ansible-core < 2.14.12"],"patched":["ansible-core 2.16.1","ansible-core 2.15.8","ansible-core 2.14.12"],"published":"2023-12-13","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7j69-qfc3-2fq9","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5764"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/270b39f6ff02511a2199505161218cbd1a5ae34f"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/7239d2d371bc6e274cbb7314e01431adce6ae25a"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/fea130480d261ea5bf6fcd5cf19a348f1686ceb1"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629"},{"url":"https://github.com/ansible/ansible"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7Q6CHPVCHMZS5M7V22GOKFSXZAQ24EU"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.00544,"epssPercentile":0.44339,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:47.026Z","slug":"CVE-2023-5764","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `ansible-core >= 2.16.0, < 2.16.1`\n- `ansible-core >= 2.15.0, < 2.15.8`\n- `ansible-core < 2.14.12`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `ansible-core 2.16.1`\n- `ansible-core 2.15.8`\n- `ansible-core 2.14.12`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":36.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}