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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2024-11079

Low
2.1/10

Summary

A flaw was found in ansible-core versions through 2.16.13, 2.17.0b1 through 2.17.6 and 2.18.0b1 through 2.18.0. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass unsafe content protections by using the " hostvars" object to reference and execute templated content. If remote data or module outputs are improperly templated within playbooks, this issue can lead to arbitrary code execution.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • LOW
  • LOW
  • LOW

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.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published