CVE-2026-71465Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: ad-hoc command limit field allows cli argument injection into ansible executable
- 3.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 89% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
RunAdHocCommand.build_args() appends limit as bare positional (args.append(limit)) instead of using args.extend(['-l', limit]) like RunJob. A limit beginning with - is parsed as an ansible CLI option. Currently limited to short-circuit flags (--version, --help) since injected element displaces required pattern positional. Would escalate if ansible-core ever defaults pattern.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 48 days later
· 48 days later
Published
- 44 days later
· 44 days 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 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 89% 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: Low 3.1.
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- unaffected 1789673739 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
- unaffected 1789580684 – < *
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
References
References6
- RHSA-2026:71113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:71114 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:71177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2026:71179 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71465 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2512375 (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-2026-85542 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-71465)Record last updated .