Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | ansible +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | ansible +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | ansible +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | ansible +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | lightspeed +1 | No fix yet | — |
Show 8 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | lightspeed | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | lightspeed | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | lightspeed | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | ansible | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | ansible | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | ansible | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | ansible | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | ansible | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-1923 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 3, 2026
References
- RHSA-2026:25928 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:34374 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44188 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2466764 issue-tracking