CVE-2026-71459 Missing authorization in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
An authenticated user can bypass RBAC checks to read cross-tenant job event structures and enumerate job IDs in Ansible Automation Platform.
- 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-2026-71459?
CVE-2026-71459 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8, published on 23 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
JobJobEventsChildrenSummary view has no model/parent_model. ModelAccessPermission.check_get_permissions() falls through (returns True) for any authenticated user. The view uses raw get_object_or_404(Job, pk) without DRF object-level permission check. Zero-privilege user reads event tree structure, event_processing_finished status, and enumerates Job IDs platform-wide via 200/404 oracle. Sibling endpoint /jobs/{id}/job_events/ correctly returns 403.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-71459?
How do I fix CVE-2026-71459?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-71459 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-71459 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-89mc-x55w-mqvp.