Automation-controller: automation-controller: unauthenticated /api/v2/ping/ discloses automation-mesh instance topology and instance-group membership
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 | affected |
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| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | |||
| automation-controller-0:4.7.17-1.el9ap | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9 | RHSA-2026:71113 | 2026-09-23T00:00:00Z |
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| Redhat | Ansible Automation Platform |
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Vendor Workaround
There is no configuration option that trims the data returned by the unauthenticated /api/v2/ping/ endpoint (also reachable as /api/controller/v2/ping/). Exposure can be reduced by restricting network access to the automation-controller API so that only trusted networks and health probes can reach it: block or restrict external access to the /api/v2/ping/ and /api/controller/v2/ping/ routes at the reverse proxy, load balancer, or firewall, and front health checks with an infrastructure-level probe that does not proxy the /ping/ endpoint to untrusted clients. The definitive fix is to update to a version of automation-controller that no longer serializes instance, instance-group, install UUID, and active-node data in the unauthenticated response.
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.388% probability within 30 days)
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7::el9 | |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9 |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el10 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el10 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.6::el9 |
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| Description | A flaw was found in the automation-controller API. The unauthenticated health-check endpoint /api/v2/ping/ (ApiV2PingView, AllowAny) over-serializes RBAC-gated automation-mesh data into its anonymous response, exposing the full instance inventory (node hostnames, node types, UUIDs, heartbeats, capacities, and exact versions), all instance-group names and membership, the deployment install UUID, and the active control node. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can use this to map the control plane and fingerprint software versions for targeted attacks. This flaw affects confidentiality only; it does not expose secrets, credentials, or tenant data. | |
| Title | Automation-controller: automation-controller: unauthenticated /api/v2/ping/ discloses automation-mesh instance topology and instance-group membership | |
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Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-497 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2 | |
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Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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