Is there a public exploit for CVE-2024-11079?

No public exploit for CVE-2024-11079 was found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei templates or public proof-of-concept repositories. That is an absence of evidence rather than proof that none exists.

How severe is CVE-2024-11079?

CVE-2024-11079 scores CVSS 5.5 (v3.1), rated medium. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%.

What does CVE-2024-11079 affect?

CVE-2024-11079 affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8.

5.5 Medium

A flaw was found in Ansible-Core.

CVE-2024-11079

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.

Assessment

CVSS: 5.5 (v3.1)
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Known exploited: Not listed in CISA KEV
Exploit availability: Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
Published: 11 November 2024
Last updated: 5 November 2026
Affected: Red Hat · Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
Assigner: redhat

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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