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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-44188 EUVD-2026-36702GHSA-r7cm-w9ch-cf3g

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

Published Jun 15, 2026 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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

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