CVE-2026-44188 PUBLISHED

Ansible-lightspeed: ansible lightspeed: session hijacking and unauthorized data access due to insufficient session expiration

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 05.05.2026 Published: 15.06.2026 Updated: 15.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 1781025813 to * (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Versions Default: affected
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Versions Default: affected

Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

Credits

  • This issue was discovered by Laura Pardo (Red Hat Inc.).

References

Problem Types

  • Insufficient Session Expiration CWE