Riskcovery

CVE-2026-12564

Automation-controller: automation-controller: kubernetes service account token exfiltration via hashicorp vault credential ssrf

State
Published
Severity
9.6 Critical
Published
Aug 18, 2026
Updated
Sep 24, 2026
Reserved
Jun 17, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in the AAP Controller's HashiCorp Vault credential plugin. The kubernetes_auth() function in awx_plugins/credentials/hashivault.py reads the controller pod's Kubernetes service account token and sends it to an attacker-controlled URL when a HashiCorp Vault Secret Lookup credential with kubernetes_role authentication is tested. An authenticated attacker with credential-creation privileges can exfiltrate the service account token, gaining Kubernetes API access to the control plane namespaces with full pod CRUD and secret read permissions, including database credentials and the Django SECRET_KEY.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.6 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Nredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Red Hat
  • 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9Red Hat
  • 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8Red Hat
  • 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9Red Hat
  • 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9Red Hat
  • 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6Red Hat
  • 1789673739 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7Red Hat
  • 1788918363 and laterNot affected

References

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