Ansible Semaphore 2.8.90 privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Semaphore 2.8.90 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-39059. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Semaphore 2.8.90. It has been declared as critical. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue in ansible semaphore v.2.8.90 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to the extra variables parameter.

The weakness was presented 08/29/2023. The advisory is shared for download at gist.github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-39059 since 07/25/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-2198). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/25/2023 🔍
08/29/2023 +35 days 🔍
08/29/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/27/2025 +697 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gist.github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-39059 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-39059
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-238228
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/29/2023 07:32
Updated: 07/27/2025 00:33
Changes: 08/29/2023 07:32 (35), 09/22/2023 09:09 (11), 07/27/2025 00:33 (15)
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