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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.1 Medium

CVE-2026-71462

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

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
redhat

Description

StringListPathField.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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6

Default version status: affected

  • 1789673739 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7

Default version status: affected

  • 1789580684 to < *unaffected

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