๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-71462

MEDIUM 4.1

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: custom_venv_path setting provides filesystem path-existence oracle on control pod

CVSS Score
4.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

StringListPathField.to_internal_value() calls os.path.exists() on unbounded user-supplied paths. 200 vs 400 response reveals existence of arbitrary absolute paths on the controller-web pod. Tenant superuser can confirm /etc/tower/SECRET_KEY, k8s service-account token, receptor sockets, ConfigMap mount points. Mainly impactful on managed AAP (ansiblecloud.com) where tenant admin != host admin.

CWE CWE-204
Vendor red hat
Product red hat ansible automation platform 2
Published Sep 23, 2026
Last Updated Sep 23, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71462 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512371

Credits

This issue was discovered by Chris Meyers (Red Hat).