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CVE-2024-11079

This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass unsafe content protections using the hostvars object to reference and execute templated content.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.53%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS: 0.53% probability · 44th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-20
Source: secalert@redhat.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.