CVE-2026-12701

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 VulnerabilityCVSS 9.0

A path traversal vulnerability was found in pulpcore. The relative_path_validator function only verifies that content paths do not begin with "/" but fails to block directory traversal sequences such as "../" anywhere in the path. An authenticated administrator can craft a relative_path containing embedded traversal sequences (e.g., "looking/normal/../../../../etc/shadow") that escapes the intended export directory during FilesystemExport operations. Because the file content is also user-controlled (uploaded artifact), this allows arbitrary file write to any location writable by the Pulp service user, potentially leading to service compromise or further system exploitation.

No public exploitation has been reported so far. No distribution fix is listed yet; apply vendor mitigations and monitor.

Recommended action: Track your distribution's security tracker and apply the fix as soon as it ships.

CVE-2026-12701 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Vulnerability

Severity metrics

CVSS 3.1 : 9.0 CRITICAL

Attack vectorNetwork (remote)

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredHigh

User interactionNone

ScopeChanged

Confidentiality impactLow

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

Affected & fixed versions by distribution

Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.

No affected package in the tracked watchlist yet (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, SUSE, Red Hat...). Triage may still be pending.

Sources

Advisory NVD CVE.org

Published 2026-07-20 · updated 2026-07-26 · source: NVD