CVE-2026-44188 Auth bypass in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Attackers can hijack sessions by reusing stolen OAuth tokens that are not invalidated upon logout, gaining unauthorized read access to Ansible resources.
- 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-2026-44188?
CVE-2026-44188 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, published on 15 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in Ansible Lightspeed. This vulnerability, related to insufficient session expiration, allows a remote attacker to maintain persistent access to the Ansible Lightspeed instance. If an attacker exfiltrates a valid OAuth (Open Authorization) access token before a user logs out, they can continue to authenticate and access sensitive data. This is because the application fails to invalidate the token on the backend, leaving it valid until its natural expiration. This can lead to unauthorized read access to Ansible resources such as inventories, playbooks, and configuration data.
Weakness: CWE-613
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44188?
How do I fix CVE-2026-44188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-44188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-44188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r7cm-w9ch-cf3g, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44188.