CVE-2026-52902
4.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability was found in awxkit, the CLI tool for AWX. The YAML !include directive does not sanitize file paths, allowing an attacker to craft a malicious YAML file that reads arbitrary YAML-formatted files from the local filesystem when a user imports it using "awx –conf.format yaml import". This is a client-side vulnerability requiring user interaction.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
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Weaknesses
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Workarounds
The following practices would help for avoiding exposure to this flaw:
- Prioritize the default JSON import format instead of YAML.
- Avoid importing YAML files from untrusted sources.
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52902
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486729
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