# CVE-2024-9620: Event-driven automation in ansible automation platform (aap): ansible event-driven automation (eda) lacks encryption

> Attackers can read sensitive plaintext data from Ansible Automation Platform databases or network traffic due to lack of encryption.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3p25-cqr2-3jg2

## What is CVE-2024-9620?

CVE-2024-9620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, published on 8 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A 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.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9620?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-9620?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9620 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9620 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9620 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, published on 8 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. 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-2024-9620/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9620/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9620
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9620
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9620

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9620/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.