Riskcovery

CVE-2026-71462

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

State
Published
Severity
4.1 Medium
Published
Sep 23, 2026
Updated
Oct 16, 2026
Reserved
Aug 6, 2026

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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.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

  • CWE-204 Observable Response Discrepancy

Affected Products

ProductVersions
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
  • 1789580684 and laterNot affected

References

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