RHEL 8 / 9 : Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update (Important) (RHSA-2026:4460)

high Nessus Plugin ID 301938

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 / 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:4460 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):

* receptor: Memory exhaustion in query parameter parsing in net/url (CVE-2025-61726)

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.

Updates and fixes included:

* Python has been updated to 3.12 (AAP-56013)

IMPORTANT: All users must download the latest version of the installer. Attempting to install or upgrade with a previous version of the installer could result in failure.

Additional changes:
* ansible-core has been updated to 2.16.16
* ansible-rulebook has been updated to 1.0.9
* automation-controller has been updated to 4.5.31
* automation-eda-controller has been updated to 1.0.9
* automation-hub has been updated to 4.9.6
* ansible-automation-platform-installer and installer setup have been updated to 2.4-15
* All python3.11- prefixed rpms are replaced with python3.12- prefixed rpms

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

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

Solution

Update the affected receptor package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 301938

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-4460.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/12/2026

Updated: 3/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61726

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:receptor, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61726

CWE: 770

RHSA: 2026:4460

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