Medium 4.1Published Sep 23, 2026

CVE-2026-71462Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: custom_venv_path setting provides filesystem path-existence oracle on control pod

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:00 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 4.1 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-204
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: redhat
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 redhat:ansible_automation_platform	from 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap not affected	CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer	from 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap not affected	CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside	from 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap not affected	CNA record

References

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179	vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71462	vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512371	issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat

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