CVE-2026-52902 — awxkit
MEDIUMCVE-2026-52902 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.7) Path Traversal vulnerability in awxkit. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.
awxkit has a path traversal vulnerability
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-52902.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
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Description
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.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | awxkit | all versions | No fix |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for awxkit, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
The records we use list no patched version of awxkit for CVE-2026-52902. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.
Mitigate without a patch
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
awxkit as a bundled Python dependency found in ee-supported and platform-resource-runner containers for ansible-automation-platform and as part of the automation-controller RPM.
The following practices would help for avoiding exposure to this flaw: 1) Prioritize the default JSON import format instead of YAML. 2) Avoid importing YAML files from untrusted sources.Source: Red Hat security advisory for CVE-2026-52902 (CC BY 4.0)
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | automation-controller-0:4.6.32-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:59135 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | automation-controller-0:4.7.16-1.el9ap | RHSA-2026:59136 |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 10 | automation-controller-cli-0:4.8.6-1.el10ap | RHSA-2026:59137 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-52902 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.