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CVE-2026-71462

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

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9unaffected 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6unaffected 1789673739 before *
Red Hat / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7unaffected 1789580684 before *

CWE

CWE-204

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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