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CVE-2024-8775VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Release Update

Affects Red Hat ansible-coreSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Authoritative record:CVE-2024-8775· Medium 5.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium : upgrade the Red Hat redhat/ansible-core package to 2.16.13 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 19% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.16.13
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Sep 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade the Red Hat redhat/ansible-core package to 2.16.13.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/ansible-corepkg:rpm/redhat/ansible-coreOther threatsAffected
  • <2.16.13
Fixed in
  • 2.16.13

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released official fixes addressing these vulnerabilities. Users should update ansible-core to version 2.16.13 or later and apply the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 updates including installer version 2.5-5 and automation-gateway 2.5.3-2. Applying these updates will remediate the vulnerabilities. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 has security vulnerabilities including exposure of sensitive information in Ansible Vault files due to improper logging (CVE-2024-8775) and unauthorized read/write access by the ansible-core user (CVE-2024-9902). These issues have been addressed in updates to ansible-core and related components. The update to ansible-core version 2.16.13 and other platform components resolves these vulnerabilities.

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