[NEW] [medium] Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (ansible-core): Vulnerability Enables Code Execution

CSIRTS triage

What

A local vulnerability in ansible-core allows arbitrary code execution.

Who is affected

Local users on systems where Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (ansible-core) is installed.

Urgency

Medium priority; requires local access but enables arbitrary code execution.

Action

Apply patches for CVE-2026-11332 from Red Hat.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

Details

Source

CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)

Severity

medium

Published

2026-08-05

Exploitation

Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Language

Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2657

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

• Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-113320.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 12% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

Same CVEs, other sources

How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.

• highCVE-2026-11332: Ansible-core: argument injection in ansible-galaxy role install leads to arbitrary code execut…msrc
• highGHSA-w8p5-mx5w-cpqj: ansible-core: Argument injection in ansible-galaxy role install leads to arbitrary code e…ghsa

Recent advisories for Red Hat Ansible

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

• high[NEW] [high] Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (node-tar, linkify-it, protobufjs, brace-expansion, fast-uri,…cert-bund · 2026-08-07
• medium[UPDATE] [medium] Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-07
• medium[NEW] [medium] Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (quic-go): Vulnerability Enables Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-08-05
• high[UPDATE] [high] Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-04
• high[UPDATE] [high] Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-03
• high[UPDATE] [high] Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-30

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