RHBA-2020:0784

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2020-03-11 13:08 - Updated: 2025-11-21 17:22
Summary
Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: Ansible 2.9.6 release for Ansible Engine 2.9

Notes

Topic
Ansible 2.9.6 release for Ansible Engine 2.9
Details
Ansible is a simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote-task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically. The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: ansible (2.9.6) Bug Fix(es): See: https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/v2.9.6/changelogs/CHANGELOG-v2.9.rst for details on bug fixes in this release.
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