Medium [CVE-2026-52902] Awxkit: path traversal via yaml !include directive
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-52902 affecting Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.
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Summary
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. awxkit as a bundled Python dependency found in ee-supported and platform-resource-runner containers for ansible-automation-platform and as part of the automation-controller RPM. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 4.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).
Weakness: CWE-22. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 33 minutes ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- 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.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 33 minutes ago·verify at source
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