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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2026-44188 json

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

published 2026-06-15 4 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-36702

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 1782755166
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 1781025813

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-44188 updated cvss 5.3

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

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-24/lightspeed-rhel8, ansible-automation-platform-25/lightspeed-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 ansible-automation-platform-26/lightspeed-rhel9 1782755166
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:34374
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 ansible-automation-platform-27/lightspeed-rhel9 1781025813
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:25928
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9 1782755272, ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9 1782761510, ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-web-rhel9 1782759318, ansible-automation-platform-26/receptor-rhel9 1782710613, ansible-automation-platform-26/mcp-tools-rhel9 1782712006, ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 1782766803, +24 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 ansible-automation-platform-27/hub-rhel9 1781102816, ansible-automation-platform-27/gateway-rhel9 1781044628, ansible-automation-platform-27/hub-web-rhel9 1781105214, ansible-automation-platform-27/receptor-rhel9 1780679838, ansible-automation-platform-27/mcp-tools-rhel9 1781030318, ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9 1781097765, +23 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-613 DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration

References

Sources

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