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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, X_Refsource_Redhat issue-tracking
x_refsource_redhat
RHBZ#2486729
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486729
Vdb Entry, X_Refsource_Redhat vdb-entry
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52902
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
2.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (1)
Red Hat/Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Published
Jun 09, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 09, 2026