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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2024-11079: Medium priority package update for ansible-core

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

Nov 11, 2024

Added

Feb 17, 2025

Modified

Dec 4, 2025

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.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ansible-coreamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ansible-test

References

CVE-2024-11079
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-11079
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2025-860.html
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