🛡️ CVE-2024-11079 on Debian — ansible

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

A flaw was found in Ansible-Core. This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass unsafe content protections using the hostvars object to reference and execute templated content. This issue can lead to arbitrary code execution if remote data or module outputs are improperly templated within playbooks.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-11079 as tracked by Debian, for the package ansible. The fix is available in version 5.4.0-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-11079 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-11079 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • ansible (fixed in 5.4.0-1)
  • ansible-core (fixed in 2.18.0-2)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 November 2024 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2024-11079 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-11-12
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
ansible — 5.4.0-1
ansible-core — 2.18.0-2

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