# CVE-2024-11483: Automation-gateway: aap-gateway: improper scope handling in oauth2 tokens for aap 2.5

> Attackers can escalate privileges by using read-scoped OAuth2 tokens to gain write access, allowing unintended modifications within the Ansible Automation Platform.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q73v-w388-wp95

## What is CVE-2024-11483?

CVE-2024-11483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8, published on 25 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in the Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). This flaw allows attackers to escalate privileges by improperly leveraging read-scoped OAuth2 tokens to gain write access. This issue affects API endpoints that rely on ansible_base.oauth2_provider for OAuth2 authentication. While the impact is limited to actions within the user’s assigned permissions, it undermines scoped access controls, potentially allowing unintended modifications in the application and consuming services.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11483?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-11483?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-11483 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11483 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11483 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8, published on 25 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11483 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11483/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11483/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11483
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11483
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11483

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11483/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.