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CVE-2026-12564
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 — Automation-controller: automation-controller: kubernetes service account token exfiltration via hashicorp vault credential ssrf
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L L N C H H N 9.6 .0035 26.1 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 unspecified 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 unspecified 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 unspecified 1789673739
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 unspecified 1788918363
TIMELINE
Jun 17 Reserved by redhat
Aug 18 Published (CNA: redhat)
Sep 20 PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-12564 (Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7). Fixed in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 1788918363.
Description
A flaw was found in the AAP Controller's HashiCorp Vault credential plugin. The kubernetes_auth() function in awx_plugins/credentials/hashivault.py reads the controller pod's Kubernetes service account token and sends it to an attacker-controlled URL when a HashiCorp Vault Secret Lookup credential with kubernetes_role authentication is tested. An authenticated attacker with credential-creation privileges can exfiltrate the service account token, gaining Kubernetes API access to the control plane namespaces with full pod CRUD and secret read permissions, including database credentials and the Django SECRET_KEY.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| June 17, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by redhat |
| August 18, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: redhat) |
| September 20, 2026 | PATCH SHIPPED | PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-12564 (Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7). Fixed in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 1788918363. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 7 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | — | — | 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | — | — | 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 | — | — | 1789673739 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 | — | — | 1788918363 |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-12564 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Saturday, October 3, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
