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SCA: security update for ansible-core (GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421302

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.
 (CVE-2024-11079)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99w6-3xph-cx78

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 421302

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.1

Percentile: 49.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-11079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Threat Score: 0.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11079

cwe: CWE-20