What is CVE-2026-71462?

CVE-2026-71462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under Observable Response Discrepancy. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2026-09-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-71462?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

CVE-2026-71462

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.

Published 2026-09-23 · last modified 2026-09-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.1th percentile), scored 2026-11-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-204 — Observable Response Discrepancy

References

access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71462 (vdb-entry)
RHBZ#2512371 (issue-tracking)
RHSA-2026:71113 (vendor-advisory)
RHSA-2026:71114 (vendor-advisory)
RHSA-2026:71177 (vendor-advisory)
RHSA-2026:71179 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-71462?: CVE-2026-71462 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under Observable Response Discrepancy. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2026-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-71462?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.