---
id: CVE-2026-52902
aliases:
  - GHSA-g29c-rgq6-gxgj
title: awxkit has a path traversal vulnerability
summary: awxkit has a path traversal vulnerability
severity: medium
cvss: 4.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
vendor: awxkit
product: awxkit
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - awxkit <= 24.6.1
published: '2026-06-09'
updated: '2026-07-31'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g29c-rgq6-gxgj'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52902'
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52902'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486729'
  - url: 'https://github.com/ansible/awx'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00128
epssPercentile: 0.02835
ingestedAt: '2026-07-31T19:10:07.124Z'
---

## Overview

A path traversal vulnerability was found in awxkit, the CLI tool for AWX. The YAML !include directive does not sanitize file paths, allowing an attacker to craft a malicious YAML file that reads arbitrary YAML-formatted files from the local filesystem when a user imports it using "awx --conf.format yaml import". This is a client-side vulnerability requiring user interaction.

## Affected packages

- `awxkit <= 24.6.1`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.