CVE-2024-9620
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceEvent-Driven Automation (EDA) in Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) transmits and stores sensitive information without encryption, allowing attackers with network access to sniff plaintext data in transit between EDA and AAP components, and attackers with system access to read plaintext sensitive data directly from EDA and AAP databases.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify EDA is deployed in your AAP environmentCheck for running eda-activation or eda-server processes, or review /etc/ansible/automation-platform/eda/ configuration directory. Also check if the EDA controller UI is accessible.Affected if EDA is installed and active without TLS encryption configured for its communications
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Confirm TLS/SSL is disabled for EDA-to-AAP trafficInspect the EDA server configuration file (typically /etc/ansible/automation-platform/eda/settings.py or the API settings endpoint) for the SSL_CERT and SSL_KEY settings, or check if the EDA server is listening on plain HTTP (port 80) instead of HTTPS (port 443).Affected if EDA communicates with AAP controller over plain HTTP (no certs configured) or SSL settings are commented out
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Check if sensitive data in EDA is stored unencryptedExamine the EDA database configuration (usually PostgreSQL) to determine if encryption at rest is enabled. Look for 'encrypt' settings in database connection parameters, or verify the storage backend has encryption disabled.Affected if The EDA database has no encryption at rest enabled (e.g., no disk-level encryption, no database Transparent Data Encryption)
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Verify vault encryption is not applied to sensitive variablesReview EDA rulebook files and variable files for use of ansible-vault or lookups. Check if sensitive values are stored as plaintext in the database rather than being retrieved from an encrypted vault source.Affected if Sensitive credentials are stored as plaintext in EDA configuration or rulebook variables without vault encryption
You are affected if EDA is deployed in your AAP environment and either TLS encryption for EDA-to-AAP communications is disabled or sensitive data in the EDA database is stored without encryption at rest.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataEnable TLS/SSL encryption for all communications between EDA and AAP components, and implement encryption at rest for sensitive data stored in EDA and AAP databases to prevent unauthorized disclosure.
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