Path Traversal in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

CVE-2026-12701

A path traversal vulnerability was found in pulpcore. The relative_path_validator function only verifies that content paths do not begin with "/" but fails to block directory traversal sequences such as "../" anywhere in the path. An authenticated administrator can craft a relative_path containing embedded traversal sequences (e.g., "looking/normal/../../../../etc/shadow") that escapes the intended export directory during FilesystemExport operations. Because the file content is also user-controlled (uploaded artifact), this allows arbitrary file write to any location writable by the Pulp service user, potentially leading to service compromise or further system exploitation.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.012 (65.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.