VulnerabilityAwaiting Analysis

CVE-2026-71462

200 vs 400 response reveals existence of arbitrary absolute paths on the controller-web pod.

MEDIUM 4.1EPSS 0.26%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1: 4.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 0.26% probability · 17th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-204
Source: secalert@redhat.com

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 0.3% on 24 September 2026 to 0.3% on 26 October 2026.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.