CVE-2026-52902

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.

CVSS v3 4.7 MEDIUM

4.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59135
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59136
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59137
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52902
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486729

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-06-09 10:16

Updated : 2026-08-24 21:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-52902

Mitre link : CVE-2026-52902

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-52902

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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