Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 Container Release Update
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform provides an enterprise framework for building, deploying and managing IT automation at scale. IT Managers can provide top-down guidelines on how automation is applied to individual teams, while automation developers retain the freedom to write tasks that leverage existing knowledge without the overhead. Ansible Automation Platform makes it possible for users across an organization to share, vet, and manage automation content by means of a simple, powerful, and agentless language. For details about this release, refer to the release notes listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-11807 is a critical vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 related to missing authorization controls (CWE-862). The vulnerability allows an attacker with low privileges to compromise confidentiality and integrity of the system without requiring user interaction. Red Hat has released an updated container release for version 2.7 to fix this issue. The advisory (RHSA-2026:28440) recommends applying this update after installing all prior relevant errata. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability permits an attacker with low privileges to gain unauthorized access leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality and integrity of the affected system. Availability is not impacted. This could allow unauthorized disclosure and modification of sensitive automation content or configurations within the Ansible Automation Platform environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an updated container release for Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply this update following the vendor's instructions and ensure all previously released errata are installed before applying this update. Refer to Red Hat's official documentation for upgrade procedures: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_ansible_automation_platform/2.7#Upgrade. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 Container Release Update
Description
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform provides an enterprise framework for building, deploying and managing IT automation at scale. IT Managers can provide top-down guidelines on how automation is applied to individual teams, while automation developers retain the freedom to write tasks that leverage existing knowledge without the overhead. Ansible Automation Platform makes it possible for users across an organization to share, vet, and manage automation content by means of a simple, powerful, and agentless language. For details about this release, refer to the release notes listed in the References section.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-11807 is a critical vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 related to missing authorization controls (CWE-862). The vulnerability allows an attacker with low privileges to compromise confidentiality and integrity of the system without requiring user interaction. Red Hat has released an updated container release for version 2.7 to fix this issue. The advisory (RHSA-2026:28440) recommends applying this update after installing all prior relevant errata. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability permits an attacker with low privileges to gain unauthorized access leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality and integrity of the affected system. Availability is not impacted. This could allow unauthorized disclosure and modification of sensitive automation content or configurations within the Ansible Automation Platform environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an updated container release for Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply this update following the vendor's instructions and ensure all previously released errata are installed before applying this update. Refer to Red Hat's official documentation for upgrade procedures: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_ansible_automation_platform/2.7#Upgrade. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:28497
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a3c0cf2eed863c81e239ad5
Added to database: 06/24/2026, 16:59:30 UTC
Last enriched: 07/22/2026, 21:00:13 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 23:02:06 UTC
Views: 128
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