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CVE-2026-6266

Aap-controller: aap-gateway: account hijacking and unauthorized access via unverified email linking PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

A flaw was found in the AAP gateway. The user auto-link strategy, introduced in AAP 2.6, automatically links an external Identity Provider (IDP) identity to an existing AAP user account based on email matching without verifying email ownership. This allows a remote attacker to potentially hijack a victim's account or gain unauthorized access to other accounts, including administrative accounts, by manipulating the IDP-provided email.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Not supplied / Not suppliedaffected 2.5.0 before 2.5.20260422; affected 2.6.0 before 2.6.20260422
Not supplied / Not suppliedaffected 4.6.0 before 4.6.28; affected 4.7.0 before 4.7.11
Not supplied / Not suppliedaffected 2.5.0 before 2.5.20260422; affected 2.6.0 before 2.6.20260422
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8unaffected 0:4.6.28-3.el8ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8unaffected 0:2.5.20260422-2.el8ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8unaffected 0:2.5.20260422-2.el8ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9unaffected 0:4.6.28-3.el9ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9unaffected 0:2.5.20260422-2.el9ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9unaffected 0:2.5.20260422-2.el9ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9unaffected 0:4.7.11-2.el9ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9unaffected 0:2.6.20260422-1.el9ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9unaffected 0:2.6.20260422-1.el9ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6unaffected 1777377014 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6unaffected 1777311120 before *

CWE

CWE-305

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

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redhat-SADP

A flaw was found in the AAP gateway. The user auto-link strategy, introduced in AAP 2.6, automatically links an external Identity Provider (IDP) identity to an existing AAP user account based on email matching without verifying email ownership. This allows a remote attacker to potentially hijack a victim's account or gain unauthorized access to other accounts, including administrative accounts, by manipulating the IDP-provided email.