Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-71461Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: verbose internal exception disclosure via hostlist bare-exception handler

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 70.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

HostList.list() catches bare Exception and returns str(e) verbatim. Via host_filter, any authenticated user triggers Django FieldError (leaking complete Host model relation graph including internal reverse accessors) or PostgreSQL DataError (leaking raw database error strings). Two primitives: credential__search=x dumps ORM schema, name__regex=[bad reflects PostgreSQL errors.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2	see references
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2	see references

Weakness: CWE-209 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

RHSA-2026:71177 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71461 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
RHBZ#2512370 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT