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CVE-2024-9902

Public on 2024-11-06
Modified on 2024-11-14
Description

A flaw was found in Ansible. The ansible-core `user` module can allow an unprivileged user to silently create or replace the contents of any file on any system path and take ownership of it when a privileged user executes the `user` module against the unprivileged user's home directory. If the unprivileged user has traversal permissions on the directory containing the exploited target file, they retain full control over the contents of the file as its owner.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2023 ansible-core 2025-03-26 20:44 ALAS2023-2025-918

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L