Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Mehrere Schwachstellen
WID-SEC-2023-2266 · first 06.09.2023 · updated 03.08.2026 · CVSS 9,8
What it is about
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform ist eine End-to-End-Automatisierungsplattform für die Systemkonfiguration, die Softwarebereitstellung und die Orchestrierung erweiterter Workflows. Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen oder falsche Informationen zu präsentieren.
Under what conditions?
Over the network and without logging in. This is the most dangerous combination: attackers can scan reachable devices automatically.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- beliebigen Code auszuführen oder falsche Informationen zu präsentieren
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Oracle Linux
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform <=2.4 for RHEL 9
- SUSE openSUSE
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform <=2.4 for RHEL 9
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Red Hat Security Advisory vom 2023-09-05 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:4991 vom 2023-09-06 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5931 vom 2023-10-19 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6615 vom 2023-11-07 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2024-2985 vom 2024-05-28 linux.oracle.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11419-1 vom 2026-08-02 lists.opensuse.org
CVE: CVE-2023-23931, CVE-2023-40267
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.