VulnerabilityPublished 24 Sep 2026Updated 21 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-94416: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.8 Medium.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.8Medium

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

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 45% 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:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: High
User Interaction: None
Scope: Changed
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: High: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide significant (e.g., administrative) control over the vulnerable component that could affect component-wide settings and files.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Changed: An exploited vulnerability can affect resources beyond the security scope managed by the security authority of the vulnerable component. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are different and managed by different security authorities.
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 24 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 8 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.

cwe-290

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Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9automation-gateway	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7ansible-automation-platform-27/gateway-rhel9	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2ansible-automation-platform-25/gateway-rhel8	Affected–	Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9	Affected–	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an important security update addressing this vulnerability. Users should apply this update promptly. Additionally, audit and revoke any Controller service keys that were not provisioned by the installer, especially in environments upgraded from AAP 2.5 or 2.6. If the workload-identity integration is not required, disable it by setting FEATURE_OIDC_WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_ENABLED=false. Rotate any downstream credentials (e.g., in HashiCorp Vault) that could have been accessed via forged workload identity tokens. These actions are critical to mitigate the risk of credential disclosure.

Description

CVE-2026-94416 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9. It allows an authenticated administrator to create a service key indistinguishable from a legitimate one, enabling forging of service-authentication tokens. This can lead to impersonation of the Controller service and signing of Workload Identity Tokens for arbitrary workloads. Downstream resource servers trusting the gateway OIDC key may accept these forged tokens and disclose credentials beyond the attacker's authorization boundary. Red Hat has released an important security update addressing this issue.

Impact

The vulnerability allows an authenticated administrator to bypass authorization controls to create service keys that enable forging of service-authentication tokens. This leads to impersonation of the Controller service and signing of Workload Identity Tokens for arbitrary workloads. Downstream resource servers trusting the gateway OIDC key may accept these forged tokens and disclose sensitive credentials beyond the attacker's authorization boundary. The exposed credentials include those used by AAP to automate managed infrastructure, such as cloud IAM keys, SSH private keys, or service-account credentials. This can result in significant business impact depending on deployment. The CVSS score is 6.8 (medium severity) with a scope change and high confidentiality impact but no integrity or availability impact.

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