# Ansible-core: user module generate_ssh_key follows a symlinked \~/.ssh enabling local privilege escalation (incomplete fix of cve-2024-9902) CVE record · `CVE-2026-123037` - **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-123037` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 6.7 Medium - **Critical:** No - **CNA:** redhat - **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-59](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html) - **Tags:** [Path traversal](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/path-traversal.md) - **Technologies:** [Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Applications 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-migration-toolkit-for-applications-8.md) · [Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-migration-toolkit-for-virtualization.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-service-mesh-3.md) · [Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-advanced-cluster-management-for-kubernetes-2.md) · [Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform-2.md) · [Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Core 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-ansible-automation-platform-ansible-core-2.md) · [Red Hat Discovery 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-discovery-2.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-10.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-8.md) · [Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-enterprise-linux-9.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-container-platform-4.md) · [Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-openshift-container-platform-5.md) · [Red Hat Satellite 6](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-satellite-6.md) · [Red Hat Self-service automation portal 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-self-service-automation-portal-2.md) · [Red Hat Service Telemetry Framework 1.5](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/red-hat-service-telemetry-framework-1-5.md) - **Published:** 6 Nov 2026 - **Updated:** 6 Nov 2026 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 6 Nov 2026, 05:38 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 - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Migration Toolkit for Applications 8. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `mta/mta-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Migration Toolkit for Virtualization. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `migration-toolkit-virtualization/mtv-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Migration Toolkit for Virtualization. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `mtv-candidate/mtv-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: OpenShift Service Mesh 3. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `openshift-service-mesh/kiali-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhacm2/volsync-operator-bundle` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `rhacm2/volsync-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-24/hub-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-24/lightspeed-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/controller-rhel8-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/de-minimal-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/de-supported-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/eda-controller-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: unaffected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/eda-controller-rhel8-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-minimal-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-minimal-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-supported-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/ee-supported-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/gateway-rhel8-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/hub-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/hub-rhel8-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/platform-resource-rhel8-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-25/platform-resource-runner-rhel8` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/de-minimal-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/de-supported-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/eda-controller-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/eda-controller-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/ee-minimal-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/ee-supported-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/lightspeed-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/lightspeed-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/platform-resource-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-26/platform-resource-runner-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-27/aap-cloud-billing-operator-rhel9` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` - Vendor: Red Hat. Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. - No versions given - Other versions: affected - Package name: `ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9-operator` - Collection: `https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/` And 31 more products. The full list is on the CVE record: ## Not analysed yet We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter. ## Severity and exploitation - 6.7 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (redhat) - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** 0.0011, the 1st percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. ## Timeline - 6 Nov 2026, 05:38 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123037) - 6 Nov 2026, 05:50 UTC: First seen by agentprime - 6 Nov 2026, 06:16 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123037) ## Sources - [CVE List: CVE-2026-123037](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-123037) - [NVD: CVE-2026-123037](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-123037) ### References from the CNA - (vdb-entry, redhat) - (issue-tracking, redhat) Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description. ## Check whether this affects you This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run. - With the agentprime MCP server (), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: - As JSON: - Everything that needs attention now: --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .