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CVE-2026-71462: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 · Observable Response Discrepancy

Affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.1 Medium.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 11:40 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.1Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.14.1
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 17% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8automation-controllerAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9automation-controllerAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9automation-controllerAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9Affected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Currently, there is no effective mitigation available that meets Red Hat's criteria for ease of use, deployment, applicability, or stability. Users should monitor Red Hat advisories for updates. A fix is being pursued for Ansible Automation Platform versions 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7. Tenant superusers should be aware of the risk in managed environments where they do not control the underlying host.

Description

CVE-2026-71462 is a moderate severity information disclosure vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8. It arises from the automation-controller component's validation function calling os.path.exists() on user-supplied absolute paths without bounds. An authenticated tenant superuser can distinguish HTTP 200 versus 400 responses to confirm the existence of arbitrary files on the controller-web pod, including sensitive files like the controller secret key and Kubernetes service-account tokens. This flaw mainly impacts managed Ansible Automation Platform deployments where tenant superusers lack host-level control. Only file existence is revealed, not contents. No effective mitigation is currently available, and a fix is being pursued for versions 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7, but not for 2.4.

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