Ansible-core: ansible-core user may read/write unauthorized content
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.3epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 84% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in Ansible. The ansible-core `user` module can allow an unprivileged user to silently create or replace the contents of any file on any system path and take ownership of it when a privileged user executes the `user` module against the unprivileged user's home directory. If the unprivileged user has traversal permissions on the directory containing the exploited target file, they retain full control over the contents of the file as its owner.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Affected products
ansible-coreRed Hat · Ansible Automation Platform Execution EnvironmentsRed Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat · Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10762https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8969https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9894https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1861https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9902https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2318271https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00021.html