CVE-2024-9620: Event-driven automation in ansible automation platform (aap): ansible event-driven automation (eda) lacks encryption

Description

A flaw was found in Event-Driven Automation (EDA) in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), which lacks encryption of sensitive information. An attacker with network access could exploit this vulnerability by sniffing the plaintext data transmitted between the EDA and AAP. An attacker with system access could exploit this vulnerability by reading the plaintext data stored in EDA and AAP databases.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-9620

Affected Products

Vendor: Red Hat

Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 19.3% (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-2024-9620
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2317129

Timeline