Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9

[ Description ]Official description

An authorization bypass was found in the Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) gateway. The gateway API allows an authenticated administrator to create a new service key for the Controller service cluster. Because service-key creation is not restricted to the installer-provisioned provisioning path, an administrator-issued key is cryptographically indistinguishable from a legitimate one and can be used to forge a service-authentication token that impersonates the Controller service. Combined with the gateway OIDC workload-identity endpoint (enabled via FEATURE_OIDC_WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_ENABLED), the attacker can drive the gateway to sign Workload Identity Tokens (WITs) for arbitrary Controller workloads. A downstream resource server such as HashiCorp Vault that trusts the gateway OIDC key will accept the forged WIT and return the AAP credentials bound to that workload, disclosing secrets beyond the attacker's authorization boundary.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund21 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4111

  Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  Risk highCVE-2026-11332CVE-2026-102938CVE-2026-103262+21 more CVEs
• BSI CERT-Bund24 Sep 2026WID-SEC-2026-3568

  Ansible: Vulnerability allows bypassing security measures and information disclosure Translated from German

  CVE-2026-94416

[ References ]References

• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:87004
• access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:87124
• access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-94416
• bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
• github.com/ansible/ansible.platform/pull/254
• github.com/ansible/jewel/pull/235