Red Hat Ansible Automation Controller HTTP Request privilege escalation

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5.5$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Controller. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-6840. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Controller (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. The impact remains unknown.

The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-6840 since 07/17/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/31/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-48013). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/17/2024 🔍
09/05/2024 +50 days 🔍
09/05/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/31/2025 +360 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: 2298492
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-6840 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-6840
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-276633
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/05/2024 12:30
Updated: 08/31/2025 06:14
Changes: 09/05/2024 12:30 (49), 09/05/2024 15:01 (1), 08/31/2025 06:14 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
2 years ago
Good afternoon, I don't find this cpe into NVD NIST DB. I read the follows:
redhat:ansible
redhat:ansible_engine
Can You verify?
 VulDB Community Team2 years ago
Thank you, we have just aligned the CPE.

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