CVE-2026-71461

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: verbose internal exception disclosure via hostlist bare-exception handler

Published: Sep 23, 2026Updated: Sep 24, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-209

4.3MEDIUM

Description

HostList.list() catches bare Exception and returns str(e) verbatim. Via host_filter, any authenticated user triggers Django FieldError (leaking complete Host model relation graph including internal reverse accessors) or PostgreSQL DataError (leaking raw database error strings). Two primitives: credential__search=x dumps ORM schema, name__regex=[bad reflects PostgreSQL errors.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:LPrivileges Required

Low

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:LConfidentiality

Low

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-209

Affected Products

Red Hat

commercial·US

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7On-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ci-cd

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2On-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ci-cd

Exploitability

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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177

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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71461

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512370

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