What is CVE-2026-6494?

CVE-2026-6494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under Improper Output Neutralization for Logs. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-6494?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

CVE-2026-6494

A flaw was found in the AAP MCP server. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit a log injection vulnerability by sending specially crafted input to the `toolsetroute` parameter. This parameter is not properly sanitized before being…

EPSS: 0.000 (5.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-117 — Improper Output Neutralization for Logs

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6494 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT)
RHBZ#2459131 (issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6494?: CVE-2026-6494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under Improper Output Neutralization for Logs. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-6494?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.