Answer in brief
CVE-2026-11837 records a High severity (CVSS 7.3) vulnerability in Ansible-collection-ansible-posix: ansible.posix authorized_key: local privilege escalation via symlink-following chown. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Red Hat/ansible-collection-ansible-posix (generic), Red Hat/rhc-worker-playbook (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Red Hat/ansible-collection-ansible-posix (generic), Red Hat/rhc-worker-playbook (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat/ansible-collection-ansible-posixgeneric | * | Not reported |
| Red Hat/rhc-worker-playbookgeneric | * | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jun 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 2, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jul 8, 2026
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 files without O_NOFOLLOW when managing SSH authorized keys. An unprivileged local user can pre-stage symbolic links in their ~/.ssh directory to redirect file ownership changes to arbitrary system paths when an operator runs the authorized_key task as root, leading to local privilege escalation.
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