CVE-2024-11079

Aliases:GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Deferred
Published: 11 Nov 2024, 23:32
Last modified:18 Mar 2026, 01:33

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability -0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Nov 2024, 23:32
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
18 Mar 2026, 01:33
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•LOW•Score: 2.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:P
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.02%• Percentile: 7%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-20•Improper Input Validation

    The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Affected Systems

  • PyPI•ansible-core

    ≥ 2.18.0b1, < 2.18.1rc1 | ≥ 2.17.0b1, < 2.17.7rc1 | < 2.16.14rc1

References (13)