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CVE-2026-71462

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

Products / packages Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 · 2 more

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Severity and exploitation

Not in CISA KEV

KEV coverage does not rule out exploitation.

KEV checked 14/11/2026, 22:20:30 UTC
redhat · CVSS:3.1 · 4.1
Assessment vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity

medium4.1

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Known exploitation

Not listed in the checked CISA KEV catalog

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Public exploit

Not established by this record

Missing evidence does not mean no public exploit exists.

Remediation

Source guidance available

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What this means

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.

Source excerpt · redhat

Attack conditions

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Affected versions

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Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8

1 range
redhat version evidence

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affected

unaffected

0:4.6.33-1.el8ap → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8

1 range
redhat version evidence

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affected

unaffected

0:4.6.33-1.el8ap → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

1 range
redhat version evidence

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affected

unaffected

0:4.6.33-1.el9ap → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

1 range
redhat version evidence

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affected

unaffected

0:4.6.33-1.el9ap → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9

1 range
redhat version evidence

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affected

unaffected

0:4.7.17-1.el9ap → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el10cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el10cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.6::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9

1 range
redhat version evidence

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affected

unaffected

0:4.7.17-1.el9ap → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el10cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el10cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el9cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.6::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6

1 range
redhat version evidence

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affected

unaffected

1789673739 → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9

Red Hat · redhat

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7

1 range
redhat version evidence

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affected

unaffected

1789580684 → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7::el9
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What to do

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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Public exploit evidence

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Original source description

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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.

References

6 sources
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113
Vendor advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114
Vendor advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177
Vendor advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179
Vendor advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71462
Security advisoryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
Source referenceredhat

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CVE-2026-71462

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Underlying weaknesses

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CWE-204 ↗

Observable Response Discrepancy

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Contributing organizations · 2
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Assigning organization

2026-11-05
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-09-23

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