CVE-2026-12564 Server-side request forgery in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
An authenticated attacker can exfiltrate Kubernetes service account tokens via SSRF in the Vault plugin, gaining control plane access and reading secrets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-12564?
CVE-2026-12564 is a critical server-side request forgery vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, published on 18 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in the AAP Controller's HashiCorp Vault credential plugin. The kubernetes_auth() function in awx_plugins/credentials/hashivault.py reads the controller pod's Kubernetes service account token and sends it to an attacker-controlled URL when a HashiCorp Vault Secret Lookup credential with kubernetes_role authentication is tested. An authenticated attacker with credential-creation privileges can exfiltrate the service account token, gaining Kubernetes API access to the control plane namespaces with full pod CRUD and secret read permissions, including database credentials and the Django SECRET_KEY.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12564?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12564?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2026-12564 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12564 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p5f2-j2p5-7p7v.