CVE-2026-71462: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8

Medium severity, CVSS 4.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• 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 1789580684 (fixed in 1789580684)

Published 2026-09-23. Last modified 2026-09-24.