MEDIUM6.3
PYSEC-2026-1121
ansible-core Incorrect Authorization vulnerability
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-1121 — ansible-core: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'ansible-core>=2.14.18rc1'Details
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.
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Affected packages
PyPI/ansible-core
Introduced in:
0Fixed in: 2.14.18rc1Fix
pip install --upgrade 'ansible-core>=2.14.18rc1'References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9902[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/03794735d370db98a5ec2ad514fab2b0dd22d6be[WEB]
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/03daf774d0d80fb7235910ed1c2b4fbcaebdfe65[WEB]
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/3b6de811abea0a811e03e3029222a7e459922892[WEB]
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/9d7312f695639e804d2caeb1d0f51c716a9ac7dd[WEB]
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/f7be90626da3035c697623dcf9c90b7a0bc91c92[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10762[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8969[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9894[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1861[WEB]
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9902[WEB]
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2318271[WEB]
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible[PACKAGE]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00021.html[WEB]
- https://pypi.org/project/ansible-core[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-32p4-gm2c-wmch[ADVISORY]