🛡️ CVE-2023-39059 — ansible-semaphore

🟠 CVSS 8.8 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-94 NVD
8.8
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Description

Code injection in ansible semaphore

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.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-39059 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.

Affected software

CVE-2023-39059 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • ansible-semaphore
  • github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore

Timeline and source

Published on 28 August 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-94
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2023-08-28
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ansible-semaphore — —
github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore — —

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