Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 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-2026-8643 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) affecting Red Hat AI Base Images 3.0.2 (spyre), including Red Hat OpenShift AI. The vulnerability allows an attacker with low privileges and requiring user interaction to potentially perform unauthorized file system operations. The attack vector is local (AV:L), with low attack complexity (AC:L), and it does not require privileges beyond low (PR:L). The vulnerability has no known exploits in the wild and no vendor-provided fix as of the advisory date. The Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:34773 confirms the issue but does not list any remediation or patches.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow a local attacker with low privileges and user interaction to perform unauthorized file system access or manipulation due to path traversal. This could lead to potential compromise of system integrity or confidentiality within affected Red Hat AI Base Images environments. However, there are no known exploits in the wild, and the attack requires local access and user interaction, limiting the immediate risk.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official fix or patch is currently available for this vulnerability according to the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:34773. Users should monitor Red Hat's official security advisories for updates. Until a patch is released, restrict local access to trusted users only and minimize the need for user interaction in sensitive environments. Follow Red Hat's guidance and contact Red Hat Product Security for further assistance if needed.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 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 v4.0
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-8643 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) affecting Red Hat AI Base Images 3.0.2 (spyre), including Red Hat OpenShift AI. The vulnerability allows an attacker with low privileges and requiring user interaction to potentially perform unauthorized file system operations. The attack vector is local (AV:L), with low attack complexity (AC:L), and it does not require privileges beyond low (PR:L). The vulnerability has no known exploits in the wild and no vendor-provided fix as of the advisory date. The Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:34773 confirms the issue but does not list any remediation or patches.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability could allow a local attacker with low privileges and user interaction to perform unauthorized file system access or manipulation due to path traversal. This could lead to potential compromise of system integrity or confidentiality within affected Red Hat AI Base Images environments. However, there are no known exploits in the wild, and the attack requires local access and user interaction, limiting the immediate risk.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official fix or patch is currently available for this vulnerability according to the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:34773. Users should monitor Red Hat's official security advisories for updates. Until a patch is released, restrict local access to trusted users only and minimize the need for user interaction in sensitive environments. Follow Red Hat's guidance and contact Red Hat Product Security for further assistance if needed.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:34891
- Cve Count
- 1
- Additional Cves
- []
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a46ece427e9c79719440eb9
Added to database: 07/02/2026, 22:57:40 UTC
Last enriched: 07/19/2026, 22:09:25 UTC
Last updated: 07/21/2026, 20:58:53 UTC
Views: 69
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