M8seven/cve-2026-11837-ansible-posix-authorized-key
PoCCVE-2026-11837: local privilege escalation in the ansible.posix authorized_key module via symlink-following chown. Technical writeup; sibling of CVE-2024-9902.
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exploited CVEs (2)
Known CVEs related to this entry.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-11837US | — | Exploit | ||
A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the ansible.posix authorized_key module. The module's keyfile() function uses os.chown() instead of os.lchown() and opens fi… | ||||
| CVE-2024-9902US | —OT elevated | Exploit | ||
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 owners… | ||||
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