A path traversal vulnerability was found in AWX's project archive extraction. The project_archive action plugin extracts zip and tar archive members by joining the project directory path with the member filename without performing path normalization, boundary validation, or rejecting directory traversal sequences. A malicious archive containing members with path traversal components can write files to arbitrary locations on the execution node's filesystem outside the intended project directory. An attacker who controls the archive content, either through a compromised upstream source, a malicious archive URL, or a man-in-the-middle attack on a plain HTTP connection, can achieve arbitrary file writes as the user performing the extraction, potentially leading to remote code execution through mechanisms such as cron files, SSH authorized keys, or playbook content injection.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:59135 advisory.

    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform provides an enterprise framework for building, deploying and managing     IT automation at scale. IT Managers can provide top-down guidelines on how automation is applied to     individual teams, while automation developers retain the freedom to write tasks that leverage existing     knowledge without the overhead. Ansible Automation Platform makes it possible for users across an     organization to share, vet, and manage automation content by means of a simple, powerful, and agentless     language.

    Security Fix(es):

    * automation-controller: notification backends allow SSRF and credential leakage (CVE-2026-71366)
    * automation-controller: webhook status callback SSRF leaks the Git PAT (CVE-2026-71365)
    * automation-controller: project archive extraction allows path traversal file writes (CVE-2026-71364)
    * automation-controller: AIOHTTP: Denial of Service via malformed HTTP responses (CVE-2026-69244)
    * automation-controller: pyasn1: Denial of Service via crafted ASN.1 REAL values (CVE-2026-59886)
    * automation-controller: AIOHTTP: Arbitrary code execution via untrusted input to CookieJar.load()     (CVE-2026-34993)
    * automation-controller: path traversal via YAML !include directive (CVE-2026-52902)
    * automation-controller: JWCrypto: Memory exhaustion via crafted compressed JWE tokens (CVE-2026-39373)
    * automation-gateway: path Traversal via unsanitized prefix/postfix enables directory escape     (CVE-2026-44705)
    * python3.12-aiohttp: HTTP Request Smuggling via WebSocket Upgrade (CVE-2026-69243)
    * python3.12-aiohttp: Denial of Service via malformed HTTP responses (CVE-2026-69244)
    * python3.12-django: Remote code execution via GeoDjango spatial lookups (CVE-2026-15307)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Command Injection via Git option prefix abbreviation (CVE-2026-67325)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Arbitrary Code Execution via Joined Short Options Bypass (CVE-2026-67324)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Arbitrary code execution via command injection due to unguarded Git options     (CVE-2026-67323)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Environment variable exfiltration via attacker-controlled clone URL     (CVE-2026-67322)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Arbitrary file overwrite and read via unsafe git option forwarding     (CVE-2026-73620)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    For details about this release, refer to the release notes listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:59136 advisory.

    Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform provides an enterprise framework for building, deploying and managing     IT automation at scale. IT Managers can provide top-down guidelines on how automation is applied to     individual teams, while automation developers retain the freedom to write tasks that leverage existing     knowledge without the overhead. Ansible Automation Platform makes it possible for users across an     organization to share, vet, and manage automation content by means of a simple, powerful, and agentless     language.

    Security Fix(es):

    * automation-controller: notification backends allow SSRF and credential leakage (CVE-2026-71366)
    * automation-controller: webhook status callback SSRF leaks the Git PAT (CVE-2026-71365)
    * automation-controller: project archive extraction allows path traversal file writes (CVE-2026-71364)
    * automation-controller: AIOHTTP: HTTP Request Smuggling via WebSocket Upgrade (CVE-2026-69243)
    * automation-controller: AIOHTTP: Denial of Service via malformed HTTP responses (CVE-2026-69244)
    * automation-controller: pyasn1: Denial of Service via crafted ASN.1 REAL values (CVE-2026-59886)
    * automation-controller: path traversal via YAML !include directive (CVE-2026-52902)
    * automation-controller: AIOHTTP: Arbitrary code execution via untrusted input to CookieJar.load()     (CVE-2026-34993)
    * automation-controller: daphne: Denial of Service via excessive WebSocket message size (CVE-2026-44545)
    * automation-controller: JWCrypto: Memory exhaustion via crafted compressed JWE tokens (CVE-2026-39373)
    * automation-platform-ui: form-data: Form field override via CRLF injection (CVE-2026-12143)
    * automation-platform-ui: path Traversal via unsanitized prefix/postfix enables directory escape     (CVE-2026-44705)
    * python-django: Remote code execution via GeoDjango spatial lookups (CVE-2026-15307)
    * python3.12-aiohttp: HTTP Request Smuggling via WebSocket Upgrade (CVE-2026-69243)
    * python3.12-aiohttp: Denial of Service via malformed HTTP responses (CVE-2026-69244)
    * python3.12-django: Remote code execution via GeoDjango spatial lookups (CVE-2026-15307)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Command Injection via Git option prefix abbreviation (CVE-2026-67325)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Arbitrary Code Execution via Joined Short Options Bypass (CVE-2026-67324)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Arbitrary code execution via command injection due to unguarded Git options     (CVE-2026-67323)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Environment variable exfiltration via attacker-controlled clone URL     (CVE-2026-67322)
    * python3.12-gitpython: Arbitrary file overwrite and read via unsafe git option forwarding     (CVE-2026-73620)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    For details about this release, refer to the release notes listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
339184	RHEL 8 / 9 : Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update (Important) (RHSA-2026:59135)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
339179	RHEL 10 / 9 : Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Product Security and Bug Fix Update (Important) (RHSA-2026:59136)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical

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CVE-2026-71364

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