What is CVE-2026-12398?

CVE-2026-12398 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-12398?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

RCE in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

CVE-2026-12398

A command injection vulnerability was found in galaxy_ng. The do_git_checkout() function in the legacy role import API (v1) interpolates unsanitized git ref names (branch/tag names) into shell commands executed via subprocess.run() with sh…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12398?: CVE-2026-12398 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-12398?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.