CVE-2026-44188 (GCVE-0-2026-44188)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-15 08:36 – Updated: 2026-08-20 15:14
VLAI
Title
Ansible-lightspeed: ansible lightspeed: session hijacking and unauthorized data access due to insufficient session expiration
Summary
A flaw was found in Ansible Lightspeed. This vulnerability, related to insufficient session expiration, allows a remote attacker to maintain persistent access to the Ansible Lightspeed instance. If an attacker exfiltrates a valid OAuth (Open Authorization) access token before a user logs out, they can continue to authenticate and access sensitive data. This is because the application fails to invalidate the token on the backend, leaving it valid until its natural expiration. This can lead to unauthorized read access to Ansible resources such as inventories, playbooks, and configuration data.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-15 13:42 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34374 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2466764 issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Unaffected: 1782755166 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 Unaffected: 1781025813 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2     cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2
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Date Public
2026-06-15 08:08
Credits
This issue was discovered by Laura Pardo (Red Hat Inc.).
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