CVE-2026-12564: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 For Rhel 8

Critical severity, CVSS 9.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found in the AAP Controller's HashiCorp Vault credential plugin. The kubernetes_auth() function in awx_plugins/credentials/hashivault.py reads the controller pod's Kubernetes service account token and sends it to an attacker-controlled URL when a HashiCorp Vault Secret Lookup credential with kubernetes_role authentication is tested. An authenticated attacker with credential-creation privileges can exfiltrate the service account token, gaining Kubernetes API access to the control plane namespaces with full pod CRUD and secret read permissions, including database credentials and the Django SECRET_KEY.

Affected products

• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 For Rhel 8: before 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap (fixed in 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 For Rhel 9: before 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap (fixed in 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8: before 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap (fixed in 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 9: before 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap (fixed in 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6: before 1789673739 (fixed in 1789673739)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 For Rhel 9: before 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap (fixed in 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7: before 1788918363 (fixed in 1788918363)

Published 2026-08-18. Last modified 2026-09-24.