VulnerabilityPublished 23 Sep 2026Updated 16 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-71461: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 · Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

4.3Medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 30% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
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: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
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 23 Sep 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 7 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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Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2	Affected–	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

An official update is available from Red Hat to address this issue as part of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 updates. Users should apply the update referenced in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:71177. Prior to updating, ensure all previously released errata are applied. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

CVE-2026-71461 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 where error messages generated by the HostList.list() function expose sensitive internal information. Authenticated users can trigger exceptions that leak the complete Host model relation graph or raw database error strings through crafted inputs, potentially revealing internal schema details.

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated users to obtain sensitive internal information about the database schema and ORM relations by triggering error messages. This information disclosure could aid in further attacks or reconnaissance but does not directly impact data integrity or availability. The CVSS score is 4.3 (medium severity), reflecting limited confidentiality impact without integrity or availability effects.

Summary

The vulnerability arises because HostList.list() catches exceptions broadly and returns the exception message verbatim. Through the host_filter parameter, an authenticated user can cause Django FieldError exceptions that leak the entire Host model relation graph including internal reverse accessors, or PostgreSQL DataError exceptions that reveal raw database error strings. This occurs via specific query parameters such as credential__search and name__regex, which dump ORM schema information or reflect PostgreSQL errors respectively.

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