Awxkit: path traversal via yaml !include directive_CVE-2026-52902

4.7 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-52902

Source redhat

Published Jun 9, 2026 at 09:33

Affected Product

Vendor Red Hat

Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

CWE Classification

CWE-22

References

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