CVE-2024-11079: Ansible-Core vulnerable to content protections bypass

November 12, 2024

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.

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11079
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325171
github.com/advisories/GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78
github.com/ansible/ansible
github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84299
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11079

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