Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 aap-mcp-server neutralization for logs

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component aap-mcp-server. This manipulation causes neutralization for logs. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-6494. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component aap-mcp-server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a neutralization for logs vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-117. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes output that is written to logs. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in the AAP MCP server. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit a log injection vulnerability by sending specially crafted input to the `toolsetroute` parameter. This parameter is not properly sanitized before being written to logs, allowing the attacker to inject control characters such as newlines and ANSI escape sequences. This enables the attacker to obscure legitimate log entries and insert forged ones, which could facilitate social engineering attacks, potentially leading to an operator executing dangerous commands or visiting malicious URLs.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-6494 since 04/17/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/17/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Automation Software

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• Red Hat

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• Ansible Automation Platform

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• 2

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• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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