Bug 2487431 - CVE-2026-11837 ansible-collection-ansible-posix: ansible.posix authorized_key: local privilege escalation via symlink-following chown [fedora-44]
Summary: CVE-2026-11837 ansible-collection-ansible-posix: ansible.posix authorized_key...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: ansible-collection-ansible-posix
Version: 44
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Maxwell G
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["ae05c834-cbe1-4e38-a53e-f...
Depends On:
Blocks: CVE-2026-11837
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Reported: 2026-06-10 05:00 UTC by Borja Tarraso
Modified: 2026-07-17 01:09 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.fc45 ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.el10_3 ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.el10_2 ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.fc44 ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.fc43
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Last Closed: 2026-07-08 00:30:45 UTC
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Description Borja Tarraso 2026-06-10 05:00:47 UTC
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-07-08 00:28:40 UTC
FEDORA-2026-4a0c61a43f (ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-4a0c61a43f

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-07-08 00:30:45 UTC
FEDORA-2026-4a0c61a43f (ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.fc45) has been pushed to the Fedora 45 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-07-08 00:38:45 UTC
FEDORA-2026-50e5126be4 (ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-50e5126be4

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-07-08 00:38:46 UTC
FEDORA-2026-0f941ecaa6 (ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-0f941ecaa6

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-07-08 00:38:47 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-fd494b923d (ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.el10_2) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 10.2.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-fd494b923d

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-07-09 00:33:24 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-9f99d1a591 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.3 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-9f99d1a591

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2026-07-09 01:14:36 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-fd494b923d has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.2 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2026-fd494b923d

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2026-07-09 01:26:25 UTC
FEDORA-2026-50e5126be4 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-50e5126be4`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-50e5126be4

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2026-07-09 01:45:11 UTC
FEDORA-2026-0f941ecaa6 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-0f941ecaa6`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-0f941ecaa6

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2026-07-17 00:25:57 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-9f99d1a591 (ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.el10_3) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.3 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2026-07-17 00:36:05 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2026-fd494b923d (ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.el10_2) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.2 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2026-07-17 00:52:10 UTC
FEDORA-2026-0f941ecaa6 (ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2026-07-17 01:09:07 UTC
FEDORA-2026-50e5126be4 (ansible-collection-ansible-posix-2.2.1-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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