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Vulnerability details: VCID-akcg-prtj-9bft
Vulnerability ID VCID-akcg-prtj-9bft
Aliases CVE-2024-11079
GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78
Summary Ansible-Core vulnerable to content protections bypass A flaw was found in Ansible-Core. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass unsafe content protections using the hostvars object to reference and execute templated content. This issue can lead to arbitrary code execution if remote data or module outputs are improperly templated within playbooks.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10770
generic_textual LOW https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10770
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10770
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11145
generic_textual LOW https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11145
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11145
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-11079.json
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11079
generic_textual LOW https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11079
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00365 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00365 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00365 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00365 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00365 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00365 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00365 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00365 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00393 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
epss 0.00406 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325171
generic_textual LOW https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325171
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325171
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr LOW https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.18.1/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.18.rst#security-fixes
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.18.1/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.18.rst#security-fixes
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/2936b80dbbc7efb889934aeec80f6142c10266ce
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/2936b80dbbc7efb889934aeec80f6142c10266ce
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/70e83e72b43e05e57eb42a6d52d01a4d9768f510
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/70e83e72b43e05e57eb42a6d52d01a4d9768f510
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/98774d15d7748ebaaaf2e83942cc7e8d39f7280e
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/98774d15d7748ebaaaf2e83942cc7e8d39f7280e
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84299
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84299
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84339
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84339
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11079
generic_textual LOW https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11079
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10770
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11145
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-11079.json
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11079
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-11079
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325171
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-11079
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/ansible/ansible
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.18.1/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.18.rst#security-fixes
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/2936b80dbbc7efb889934aeec80f6142c10266ce
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/70e83e72b43e05e57eb42a6d52d01a4d9768f510
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/98774d15d7748ebaaaf2e83942cc7e8d39f7280e
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84299
https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84339
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11079
1088106 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1088106
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_core:2::el8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_core:2::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_core:2::el9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_core:2::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10770
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T14:41:52Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10770
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11145
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T14:41:52Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11145
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-11079.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11079
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T14:41:52Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11079
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325171
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-12T14:41:52Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325171
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.18.1/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.18.rst#security-fixes
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/2936b80dbbc7efb889934aeec80f6142c10266ce
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/70e83e72b43e05e57eb42a6d52d01a4d9768f510
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/98774d15d7748ebaaaf2e83942cc7e8d39f7280e
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84299
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84339
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11079
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.57752
EPSS Score 0.00365
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:33:46.013099+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/11/GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78/GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78.json 37.0.0