CVE-2026-71365 Awx: webhook status callback ssrf leaks the git pat
An admin can forge webhook payloads to trigger SSRF, leaking Git Personal Access Tokens to attacker-controlled endpoints.
- 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-2026-71365?
CVE-2026-71365 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 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 server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was found in AWX's webhook status callback mechanism. When processing GitHub pull request webhooks, AWX extracts the status callback URL (pull_request.statuses_url) from the incoming webhook payload without validating the target host against the expected Git provider. This URL is persisted in job extra variables and later used to send authenticated status updates. A user with admin role on a webhook-enabled job template can read the template's webhook signing key, forge a signed GitHub webhook payload with an arbitrary statuses_url, and cause AWX to POST status updates to an attacker-controlled or internal URL. The status update request includes the configured Git Personal Access Token (PAT) in the Authorization header, resulting in credential leakage to the attacker-specified endpoint.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-71365?
How do I fix CVE-2026-71365?
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-2026-71365 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-71365 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-89hq-rjv2-rxvp.