CVE-2026-11837

HIGHPre-NVD 7.37.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
7.3
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
7.3
EG Score
7.3(medium)
EG Risk
33(Track)
EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity73% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
5.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 10, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 11, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2487424 – (CVE-2026-11837) CVE-2026-11837 ansible-collection-ansible-posix: ansible.posix authorized_key: local privilege escalation via symlink-following chown

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487424
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11837

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-11837(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 71× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 118 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 03:04 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-10 19:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-06-15 22:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-06-15 17:48 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-11837?
CVE-2026-11837 is a high vulnerability published on June 10, 2026. A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found in the ansible.posix authorizedkey module. The module's keyfile() function uses os.chown() instead of os.lchown() and opens files without ONOFOLLOW when managing SSH authorized keys. An unprivileged local user can pre-stage symbolic links in…
When was CVE-2026-11837 disclosed?
CVE-2026-11837 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 10, 2026, with the most recent update on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-11837 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-11837 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 5.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-11837?
CVE-2026-11837 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-11837?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-11837, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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