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CVE-2026-71464: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 · Argument Injection

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

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.1 Low · fixed in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 package updates : update Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 when convenient.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 11:40 UTC

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

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.13.1
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 11% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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

No effective mitigation is currently available that meets Red Hat's criteria for ease of use, deployment, applicability, or stability. The vulnerability is partially mitigated by a runtime ValueError check that blocks injection attempts. Users should apply the forthcoming official fixes for versions 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 once released. Version 2.4 remains unpatched and retains latent risk. If you cannot patch yet, reliance on the runtime guard remains necessary.

Description

LaunchConfigurationBaseSerializer.scm_branch has no validate_scm_branch() leading-dash check, unlike Project/JobTemplate/JobLaunch serializers. Schedule and WFJT Node accept --upload-pack=/bin/id as scm_branch. Currently blocked at runtime by jobs.py:1502 ValueError check (defense-in-depth), but the API validation gap means sole reliance on a task-layer guard. Refactoring that guard away would promote this to RCE.

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