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CVE record · CVE-2026-11837

Ansible-collection-ansible-posix: ansible.posix authorized_key: local privilege escalation via symlink-following chown

CVSS 7.3 HighEPSS 0.0016 · 5th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 10 Jun 2026, 05:03 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: rhc-worker-playbook https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:0.2.10-1.el10_2 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support Package name: rhc-worker-playbook https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:0.2.3-6.el10_0.2 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support Package name: rhc-worker-playbook https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:0.1.8-2.el8_6.1 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Long-Life Add-On Package name: rhc-worker-playbook https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:0.1.8-2.el8_6.1 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service Package name: rhc-worker-playbook https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:0.1.8-5.el8_8.1 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions Package name: rhc-worker-playbook https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
  • unaffected 0:0.1.8-5.el8_8.1 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: rhel-system-roles https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: rhc-worker-playbook https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: rhel-system-roles https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: rhc-worker-playbook https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: rhel-system-roles https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 Package name: ansible-collection-ansible-posix https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 Package name: ansible-collection-ansible-posix https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-11837
CNA
redhat
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-59
Tags
Published
10 Jun 2026
Updated
4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.3 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (redhat)Used for this record
7.3 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ADP (redhat-SADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 10 Jun 2026, 05:03 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 10 Jun 2026, 05:16 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

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