CVE-2026-71364 (GCVE-0-2026-71364)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-24 15:21 – Updated: 2026-08-24 19:59
VLAI
Title
Awx: project archive extraction allows path traversal file writes
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability was found in AWX's project archive extraction. The project_archive action plugin extracts zip and tar archive members by joining the project directory path with the member filename without performing path normalization, boundary validation, or rejecting directory traversal sequences. A malicious archive containing members with path traversal components can write files to arbitrary locations on the execution node's filesystem outside the intended project directory. An attacker who controls the archive content, either through a compromised upstream source, a malicious archive URL, or a man-in-the-middle attack on a plain HTTP connection, can achieve arbitrary file writes as the user performing the extraction, potentially leading to remote code execution through mechanisms such as cron files, SSH authorized keys, or playbook content injection.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59135 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59136 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71364 vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511900 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 Unaffected: 0:4.6.32-1.el8ap , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 Unaffected: 0:4.6.32-1.el9ap , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 Unaffected: 0:4.7.16-1.el9ap , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el10
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el10
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.6::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2     cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2
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