CVE-2026-68563Ansible-collection-redhat-leapp: ansible-collection-redhat-leapp: information disclosure of postgresql data via insecure backup permissions
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.11%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 99% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A flaw was found in ansible-collection-redhat-leapp. When a remediation task is executed with elevated privileges and the `leapp_old_postgresql_data` option is selected, a PostgreSQL data backup archive is created with insecure permissions. This allows a local non-root user on the managed node to read sensitive archived PostgreSQL data, leading to information disclosure.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 3 months later
· 3 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 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.11% · top 99% of all CVEs (14 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 5.5.
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- unaffected 0:1.7.4-2.el10_2 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:1.7.4-2.el9_8 – < *
What to do
Workaround: To mitigate this issue, ensure that the directory used for PostgreSQL data backups and the resulting archive have restrictive permissions. Administrators should configure their Ansible playbooks or manually adjust permissions to ensure the backup directory (e.g., `/var/backups/leapp`) is owned by root with `0700` permissions, and the backup archive itself has `0600` permissions. This prevents unauthorized local users from accessing sensitive PostgreSQL data. If the current task must be used as-is, restrict local-user access on affected systems and remove or re-permission the generated backup archive immediately after it is created. Always warn if there is a potential for reload and restarts.
References
References4
- RHSA-2026:91490 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:91491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68563 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2465419 (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-2026-51315 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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