Is there a public exploit for CVE-2024-9902?

Yes. Proof-of-concept code for CVE-2024-9902 has been published publicly.

Is there a proof of concept for CVE-2024-9902?

Yes — 1 proof-of-concept entry is linked on this page, from public repositories and community submissions. They are listed for authorised testing only.

How severe is CVE-2024-9902?

CVE-2024-9902 scores CVSS 6.3 (v3.1), rated medium. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%.

What does CVE-2024-9902 affect?

CVE-2024-9902 affects Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 for RHEL 9, 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, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9.

6.3 Medium

A flaw was found in Ansible.

CVE-2024-9902

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.

Proof-of-concept code is published

Public PoC

Public PoCM8seven/cve-2026-11837-ansible-posix-authorized-key1 stars

Signals come from Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei and published proof-of-concept repositories. Their absence means nothing was found, not that nothing exists.

Assessment

CVSS: 6.3 (v3.1)
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Known exploited: Not listed in CISA KEV
Exploit availability: Public PoC
Published: 6 November 2024
Last updated: 5 November 2026
Affected: Red Hat · Ansible Automation Platform Execution Environments · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Assigner: redhat

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

At the source

EUVD (ENISA)

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