CVE-2026-71364: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A path traversal vulnerability was found in AWX's project archive extraction. The project_archive action plugin extracts zip and tar archive members by joining the project directory path with the member filename without performing path normalization, boundary validation, or rejecting directory traversal sequences. A malicious archive containing members with path traversal components can write files to arbitrary locations on the execution node's filesystem outside the intended project directory. An attacker who controls the archive content, either through a compromised upstream source, a malicious archive URL, or a man-in-the-middle attack on a plain HTTP connection, can achieve arbitrary file writes as the user performing the extraction, potentially leading to remote code execution through mechanisms such as cron files, SSH authorized keys, or playbook content injection.

Affected products

• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8: before 0:4.6.32-1.el8ap (fixed in 0:4.6.32-1.el8ap)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 9: before 0:4.6.32-1.el9ap (fixed in 0:4.6.32-1.el9ap)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6: before 1787244009 (fixed in 1787244009)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 For Rhel 9: before 0:4.7.16-1.el9ap (fixed in 0:4.7.16-1.el9ap)
• Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7: before 1787220257 (fixed in 1787220257)

Published 2026-08-24. Last modified 2026-08-28.