4.7mediumMedium

CVE-2026-52902

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.

What the metrics mean

  • It is requires local access to the machine.
  • For an attacker who can reach it, exploitation depends on conditions outside the attacker's control.
  • To exploit it, no account is needed.
  • Beyond that, someone has to be persuaded to take an action first.

Scoring

CVSS
4.7 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-22
Assigned by
secalert@redhat.com

Dates

Published
2026-06-09
Last modified
2026-08-24
Sources
NVD

References