Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: custom_venv_path setting provides filesystem path-existence oracle on control pod

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-71462
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-23 19:19:03 UTC
Updated2026-09-24 07:16:32 UTC
DescriptionStringListPathField.to_internal_value() calls os.path.exists() on unbounded user-supplied paths. 200 vs 400 response reveals existence of arbitrary absolute paths on the controller-web pod. Tenant superuser can confirm /etc/tower/SECRET_KEY, k8s service-account token, receptor sockets, ConfigMap mount points. Mainly impactful on managed AAP (ansiblecloud.com) where tenant admin != host admin.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.002550000 probability, percentile 0.151570000 (date 2026-09-24)

Problem Types: CWE-204 | CWE-204 Observable Response Discrepancy

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary4.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.1CNACVSS4.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For RHEL 8 unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For RHEL 9 unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 For RHEL 9 unaffected 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 unaffected 1789673739 * rpm Not specified
CNA Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 unaffected 1789580684 * rpm Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179 [email protected] access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi [email protected] bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114 [email protected] access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71462 [email protected] access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: This issue was discovered by Chris Meyers (Red Hat). (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2026-08-06T23:13:01.718ZReported to Red Hat.
CNA2026-09-06T00:00:00.000ZMade public.

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