# CVE-2023-5764: Ansible: template injection

Status: published. Published: 2023-12-12. Updated: 2026-11-05.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 (ansible-core): ≥ 1:2.15.8-1.el8ap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 (ansible-core): ≥ 1:2.15.8-1.el9ap; < * (unaffected, rpm). Source: CNA: redhat
- Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 1.2 (ansible): Version range not reported. Source: CNA: redhat

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 7.1 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N; source: CNA: redhat

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.57% as of 2026-11-04; percentile 47.49%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-1336

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773 (CNA: redhat; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764 (CNA: redhat; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629 (CNA: redhat; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7773 (ADP: CVE; vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5764 (ADP: CVE; vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247629 (ADP: CVE; issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred)

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7Q6CHPVCHMZS5M7V22GOKFSXZAQ24EU/ (ADP: CVE; x_transferred)

- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241025-0001/ (ADP: CVE)

## Provenance

- CNA: redhat: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5764; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated 2026-11-05

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5764; retrieved 2026-11-05; source updated Not reported

Revision: f1c2c1b44cbe0e61b35615050e579d8d6c4912de58edad81d9112269c3417063

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2023-5764

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