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
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.1 Medium.
Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 11:40 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (redhat) | CVSS 3.1 | 4.1 |
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- 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:NExploitation 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.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8automation-controller | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9automation-controller | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9automation-controller | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9 | Affected– | 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.
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71462 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512371 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179 (opens in a new tab)