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Ansible: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen

WID-SEC-2024-2151 · first 17.09.2024 · updated 08.06.2026 · CVSS 5,5

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What it is about

Ansible ist eine Software zur Automatisierung von Cloud Provisionierung, zum Konfigurationsmanagement und zur Anwendungsbereitstellung. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform ist eine End-to-End-Automatisierungsplattform für die Systemkonfiguration, die Softwarebereitstellung und die Orchestrierung erweiterter Workflows. Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Ansible und Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

Under what conditions?

Only with access to the device or an account on it. Often the second step after a phishing email.

What can happen in the worst case

An attacker could use the vulnerability to

  • Informationen offenzulegen

Am I affected?

Affected according to the BSI:

  • Debian Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE openSUSE
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
  • Open Source Ansible <=2.17.4
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Discovery

The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.

What helps?

Update to at least:

  • Open Source Ansible <= 2.17.4

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

CVE: CVE-2024-8775

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.

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