# CVE-2026-71366: Awx: notification backends allow ssrf and credential leakage

> AWX notification backends allow SSRF and credential leakage via unvalidated URLs and redirect handling, enabling access to internal services and credential theft.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 24 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8vqh-rjh4-52qh

## What is CVE-2026-71366?

CVE-2026-71366 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8, published on 24 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 multiple AWX notification backends. The webhook, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, and Grafana notification backends use notification template URLs as direct HTTP request targets without validating the target address against private, loopback, or reserved IP ranges. An organization notification administrator can create notification templates pointing to internal or loopback addresses, causing the AWX control node to issue HTTP requests to services that are not externally accessible. Additionally, the webhook notification backend follows HTTP redirects and resends configured Basic Authentication credentials to redirect targets regardless of host change, allowing an attacker to exfiltrate notification credentials by redirecting to an attacker-controlled host. The Grafana backend sends its API key in the Authorization header to the configured target URL.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-71366?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-71366?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-71366 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-71366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-71366 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-71366 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8, published on 24 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-71366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71366/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71366/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71366
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71366
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-71366

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71366/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.