CVE-2026-52902
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.
Published:Jun 9, 2026
Last Modified:Aug 24, 2026
EPS:Jun 9, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00121
CVSS Score:4.7
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Ansible Automation Platform
Redhat
Ansible Automation Platform
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Ansible Automation Platform Developer
Redhat
Ansible Automation Platform Developer
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Ansible Automation Platform Inside
Redhat
Ansible Automation Platform Inside
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
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High
