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Do not use generate_ssh_key: yes against accounts whose home directory is controlled by an untrusted user; pre-create ~/.ssh as a real directory owned appropriately before running the module, or generate the key as the target account itself (dropping to its uid/gid) rather than as root.
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Fri, 06 Nov 2026 18:45:00 +0000
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Redhat acm
Redhat discovery Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat migration Toolkit Applications Redhat migration Toolkit Virtualization Redhat openshift Redhat satellite Redhat service Mesh Redhat stf |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:acm:2 cpe:/a:redhat:discovery:2::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:migration_toolkit_applications:8 cpe:/a:redhat:migration_toolkit_virtualization:2 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:5 cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6 cpe:/a:redhat:service_mesh:3 cpe:/a:redhat:stf:1.5 |
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Redhat acm
Redhat discovery Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat migration Toolkit Applications Redhat migration Toolkit Virtualization Redhat openshift Redhat satellite Redhat service Mesh Redhat stf |
Fri, 06 Nov 2026 05:45:00 +0000
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| Title | ansible-core: user module generate_ssh_key follows a symlinked ~/.ssh enabling local privilege escalation (incomplete fix of CVE-2024-9902) | Ansible-core: user module generate_ssh_key follows a symlinked ~/.ssh enabling local privilege escalation (incomplete fix of cve-2024-9902) |
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Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform Redhat ansible Core Redhat ansible Portal |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_core:2 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_portal:2 |
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Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform Redhat ansible Core Redhat ansible Portal |
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Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:45:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in the ansible-core user module. When generate_ssh_key is enabled, User.ssh_key_gen() guards the key files against symlinks but checks the ~/.ssh directory only with os.path.exists(). An unprivileged user on a managed node who replaces their ~/.ssh with a symlink to an existing root-writable directory causes the privileged module to write the generated key pair through the symlink and then chown both files to that user. Because such files can be dropped into directories processed by schedulers (e.g. /etc/cron.daily) or dynamic MOTD (/etc/update-motd.d), the user can escalate to root on the managed node. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2024-9902. | |
| Title | ansible-core: user module generate_ssh_key follows a symlinked ~/.ssh enabling local privilege escalation (incomplete fix of CVE-2024-9902) | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-06T18:36:44.257Z
Reserved: 2026-11-05T07:01:01.186Z
Link: CVE-2026-123037
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-11-06T06:16:42.243
Modified: 2026-11-06T19:17:43.910
Link: CVE-2026-123037
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-11-05T15:15:19Z
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CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')