CVE-2024-11483: Automation-gateway: improper scope handling in oauth2 tokens for aap 2.5

Description

A vulnerability was found in the Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). This flaw allows attackers to escalate privileges by improperly leveraging read-scoped OAuth2 tokens to gain write access. This issue affects API endpoints that rely on ansible_base.oauth2_provider for OAuth2 authentication. While the impact is limited to actions within the user’s assigned permissions, it undermines scoped access controls, potentially allowing unintended modifications in the application and consuming services.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-11483

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.81% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11483
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2327579
https://github.com/ansible/django-ansible-base/commit/845b3e1838cc0762a7f9f3e0379c5274519d9a44

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