Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Notification Template code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Notification Template. Performing a manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-71463. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Notification Template. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Notification template Jinja AST whitelist only inspects static Getattr nodes. Dynamic subscripts (job['job'+'_env']) and {% if job.id > 100 %} conditional gating bypass both the AST check and the test-render (stub has small job.id). At runtime, the gated branch executes and exceptions write full tracebacks into notification body, which is POSTed to attacker-controlled webhook URL. Leaks install paths, Python version, source line numbers.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-71463 since 08/06/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful 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 09/23/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

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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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

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