CVE-2026-52902Awxkit: path traversal via yaml !include directive
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.13%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 97% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.13% · top 97% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:4.6.32-1.el8ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:4.6.32-1.el8ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 0:4.6.32-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 0:4.6.32-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 0:4.7.16-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 0:4.7.16-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 10
- unaffected 0:4.8.6-1.el10ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 0:4.8.6-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
All versions: affected
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIawxkitGHSA-g29c-rgq6-gxgj (opens in a new tab)
What to do
Workaround: The following practices would help for avoiding exposure to this flaw: 1) Prioritize the default JSON import format instead of YAML. 2) Avoid importing YAML files from untrusted sources.
References
References5
- RHSA-2026:59135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:59136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:59137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2486729 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-35389 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g29c-rgq6-gxgj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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