Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments Container Release Update
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments contain vulnerabilities that could expose sensitive information through improper logging of Ansible Vault files (CVE-2024-8775) and allow unauthorized read/write access by ansible-core users (CVE-2024-9902). These issues have been addressed in updated versions of ansible-core included in the platform's execution environment container releases. The advisory rates the severity as moderate and provides updated container images with fixes. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Two security vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments: CVE-2024-8775 involves exposure of sensitive information in Ansible Vault files due to improper logging, and CVE-2024-9902 allows ansible-core users to read or write unauthorized content. Red Hat has released updated ansible-core versions 2.16.13, 2.17.6, and introduced 2.18.0 in the execution environment containers to remediate these issues. The advisory is classified as moderate severity and applies to multiple architectures including s390x, x86_64, ppc64le, and aarch64. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to unintended disclosure of sensitive data stored in Ansible Vault files and unauthorized modification or access to content by ansible-core users. This may compromise confidentiality and integrity within automation workflows managed by the platform. However, no known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has provided updated execution environment container images with patched ansible-core versions (2.16.13, 2.17.6, and 2.18.0). Users should update to these fixed versions to remediate the vulnerabilities. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation requires applying these updates. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the updates.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments Container Release Update
Description
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments contain vulnerabilities that could expose sensitive information through improper logging of Ansible Vault files (CVE-2024-8775) and allow unauthorized read/write access by ansible-core users (CVE-2024-9902). These issues have been addressed in updated versions of ansible-core included in the platform's execution environment container releases. The advisory rates the severity as moderate and provides updated container images with fixes. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Two security vulnerabilities affect Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments: CVE-2024-8775 involves exposure of sensitive information in Ansible Vault files due to improper logging, and CVE-2024-9902 allows ansible-core users to read or write unauthorized content. Red Hat has released updated ansible-core versions 2.16.13, 2.17.6, and introduced 2.18.0 in the execution environment containers to remediate these issues. The advisory is classified as moderate severity and applies to multiple architectures including s390x, x86_64, ppc64le, and aarch64. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could lead to unintended disclosure of sensitive data stored in Ansible Vault files and unauthorized modification or access to content by ansible-core users. This may compromise confidentiality and integrity within automation workflows managed by the platform. However, no known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has provided updated execution environment container images with patched ansible-core versions (2.16.13, 2.17.6, and 2.18.0). Users should update to these fixed versions to remediate the vulnerabilities. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation requires applying these updates. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the updates.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:8969
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-9902"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f4e9ce29bf47b5008693d
Added to database: 6/2/2026, 9:43:56 PM
Last enriched: 6/2/2026, 10:23:28 PM
Last updated: 6/3/2026, 5:04:15 AM
Views: 3
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