CVE-2026-103868 Pulp-container: registry credentials are reused across remotes in a worker
An attacker controlling a remote can steal credentials from other remotes due to worker credential reuse, allowing unauthorized access to upstream registries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-103868?
CVE-2026-103868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, published on 7 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in pulp-container when it authenticates to an upstream registry. Basic and bearer credentials from one remote are reused for later downloads in the same worker. A user who can sync a container remote, and can point that remote at a server they control, receives the username, password, or bearer token stored for a different remote, and can reuse that credential at the upstream registry. Content stored in Pulp is not changed, and the service is not stopped.
Weakness: CWE-488
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-103868?
How do I fix CVE-2026-103868?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-103868 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-103868 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-103868 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-883w-f326-37fv.