ansible-core@2.16.0b1 vulnerabilities

ansible-core is an a radically simple IT automation system. It handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation through the use of the hostvars object. Attackers can bypass unsafe content protections and execute templated content, leading to arbitrary code execution. This is only exploitable if attackers can modify the content returned to a play that utilizes hostvars to reference unsafe content

Upgrade ansible-core to version 2.18.0 or higher.

ansible-core is an a radically simple IT automation system. It handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization through the user module. An attacker can modify or replace file contents and take ownership of files on any system path by exploiting directory traversal permissions.

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This is only exploitable if someone with root privileges uses the user module with the generate_ssh_key option (disabled by default) and targets an unprivileged user. The unprivileged user needs to have traversal permissions on the directory containing the exploited target file.

Upgrade ansible-core to version 2.14.18rc1, 2.15.13rc1, 2.16.13rc1, 2.17.6rc1, 2.18.0rc2 or higher.

ansible-core is an a radically simple IT automation system. It handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information in Log Files when loading variables from Ansible Vault without setting no_log: true, which is the behavior of some tasks, including include_vars. This vulnerability can be exploited during the execution of a playbook.

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This is a similar vulnerability to the previously reported CVE-2024-0690.

There is no fixed version for ansible-core.

ansible-core is an a radically simple IT automation system. It handles configuration management, application deployment, cloud provisioning, ad-hoc task execution, network automation, and multi-node orchestration. Ansible makes complex changes like zero-downtime rolling updates with load balancers easy.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the ansible-galaxy function. When installing a maliciously created Ansible role using ansible-galaxy role install, arbitrary files the user has access to can be overwritten. The malicious role must contain a symlink with an absolute path to the target file, followed by a file of the same name (as the symlink) with the contents to write to the target.

Upgrade ansible-core to version 2.13.13rc1, 2.14.11rc1, 2.15.5rc1, 2.16.0b2 or higher.