VulnerabilityPublished 12 Nov 2026

CVE-2026-126642: Incorrect Authorization Flaw Was Found

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-126642· Medium 6.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 10:19 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)	CVSS 3.1	6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 12 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 11 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

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What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2ansible-automation-platform-24/controller-rhel8	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2ansible-automation-platform-25/controller-rhel8	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2automation-controller	Affected–	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat advises granting the Job Template and Workflow Job Template administrator roles only to trusted users and avoiding storing webhook token credentials in organizations where untrusted users have template-admin rights. There is no complete configuration-only mitigation available. Applying the official fix when it becomes available is recommended.

Description

An incorrect authorization vulnerability in AWX, the automation controller component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, allows a user with job template administration rights to attach a webhook token credential they do not have permission to use. This flaw can lead to disclosure of another user's personal access token when a webhook event triggers AWX to send the decrypted token to an attacker-controlled destination. The impact is limited to confidentiality of the credential, with no direct integrity or availability effects. Red Hat rates this flaw as Moderate with a CVSS score of 6.5.

Impact

An attacker with authenticated access and job template administration privileges can disclose another user's personal access token by attaching a webhook credential they do not have permission to use. This leads to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive tokens, potentially allowing the attacker to perform actions permitted by the compromised token. There is no direct impact on data integrity or system availability. The vulnerability is rated Moderate by Red Hat with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Summary

The vulnerability (CVE-2026-126642) arises because the API access classes for JobTemplate and WorkflowJobTemplate in AWX do not properly check the caller's Credential use_role when assigning the webhook_credential foreign key. Specifically, JobTemplateAccess.can_add/can_change and WorkflowJobTemplateAccess.can_change omit the necessary use_role check that is performed for normal many-to-many credential relationships. Consequently, a user who can administer their own job template and use its project and inventory can attach a webhook token credential (e.g., a GitLab token) without having use permission on that credential. When a webhook event occurs, AWX decrypts the token and sends it in the request header to a status URL derived from the event payload, potentially disclosing the token to an attacker-controlled destination. Exploitation requires authenticated access with job template administration rights and knowledge of the webhook token credential ID. The vulnerability affects confidentiality only and does not impact integrity or availability of the controller.

CWE-862Missing Authorization (opens in a new tab)
Class weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #4OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Architecture and Design
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
V13.4.2 (opens in a new tab)
V7.2.2 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 12 Nov 2026, 10:19 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-862

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