Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Release Update
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 contains two security vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-8775 involves exposure of sensitive information in Ansible Vault files caused by improper logging, and CVE-2024-9902 allows the ansible-core user to read or write unauthorized content. These vulnerabilities affect ansible-core versions prior to 2.16.13 and Ansible Automation Platform versions from 2.5.0 up to but not including 2.5.5. Red Hat has released fixes in ansible-core 2.16.13 and updated the Ansible Automation Platform installer and related components to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information stored in Ansible Vault files and unauthorized read/write access by the ansible-core user, potentially compromising automation content confidentiality and integrity. The severity is rated moderate by Red Hat, indicating a medium impact on affected systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
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.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Release Update
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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Technical Analysis
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 contains two security vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-8775 involves exposure of sensitive information in Ansible Vault files caused by improper logging, and CVE-2024-9902 allows the ansible-core user to read or write unauthorized content. These vulnerabilities affect ansible-core versions prior to 2.16.13 and Ansible Automation Platform versions from 2.5.0 up to but not including 2.5.5. Red Hat has released fixes in ansible-core 2.16.13 and updated the Ansible Automation Platform installer and related components to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information stored in Ansible Vault files and unauthorized read/write access by the ansible-core user, potentially compromising automation content confidentiality and integrity. The severity is rated moderate by Red Hat, indicating a medium impact on affected systems.
Mitigation Recommendations
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.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:9894
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-9902"]
Threat ID: 6a1f4e9ce29bf47b50086936
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:56 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 23:17:02 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 50
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