{"id":"CVE-2026-71462","title":"StringListPathField.to_internal_value() calls\n              os.path.exists() on unbounded user-supplied paths.\n              200 vs 400 response reveals existence of arbitrary\n              absolute paths on the controller-web pod","summary":"StringListPathField.to_internal_value() calls\n              os.path.exists() on unbounded user-supplied paths.\n              200 vs 400 response reveals existence of arbitrary\n              absolute paths on the controller-web pod. Tenan…","severity":"medium","cvss":4.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","cwe":["CWE-204"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"automation-controller","affected":["automation-controller (all versions)","automation-controller (all versions)","automation-controller (all versions)","ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 (all versions)","ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9 (all versions)"],"patched":["ansible_automation_platform_2_5_for_rhel 8","ansible_automation_platform_2_5_for_rhel 9","ansible_automation_platform_2_6_for_rhel 9","ansible_automation_platform 2.6","ansible_automation_platform 2.7"],"published":"2026-09-23","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T07:16:32.787","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71462","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71462","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512371","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-71462.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71462"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71462"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-23T19:31:20.113468Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T19:31:04.463Z","epss":0.00255,"epssPercentile":0.15157,"slug":"CVE-2026-71462","body":"## Overview\n\nStringListPathField.to_internal_value() calls\n              os.path.exists() on unbounded user-supplied paths.\n              200 vs 400 response reveals existence of arbitrary\n              absolute paths on the controller-web pod. Tenant\n              superuser can confirm /etc/tower/SECRET_KEY, k8s\n              service-account token, receptor sockets, ConfigMap\n              mount points. Mainly impactful on managed AAP\n              (ansiblecloud.com) where tenant admin != host admin.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **RHSA-2026:71114** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114)\n- **RHSA-2026:71113** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113)\n- **RHSA-2026:71179** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179)\n- **RHSA-2026:71177** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":23,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":22.5,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}