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CVE-2024-8775VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments Container Release Update

Affects Red HatSource 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 · fixed in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 package updates : update Red Hat ansible-core 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

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
ansible-coreAffected
  • >=1.0.0 <=2.17.4
Fixed in–
GitHubansible-corepkg:github/ansible-coreOther threatsAffected
  • >=1.0.0 <=2.17.4
Fixed in–
GitHubansible/ansiblepkg:github/ansible/ansibleOther threatsAffected
  • =1.0.0
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has provided official fixes by updating ansible-core to versions 2.16.13, 2.17.6, and adding 2.18.0 in the Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments. Users should update to these fixed versions as soon as possible to mitigate the vulnerabilities. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments have been updated to address two security vulnerabilities in ansible-core: CVE-2024-8775, which involves exposure of sensitive information in Ansible Vault files due to improper logging, and CVE-2024-9902, where an ansible-core user may read or write unauthorized content. These issues are rated as moderate severity by Red Hat and fixed in updated ansible-core versions 2.16.13, 2.17.6, and the newly added 2.18.0. The advisory covers multiple architectures including s390x, x86_64, ppc64le, and aarch64. No CVSS score is provided for these vulnerabilities.

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