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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-g29c-rgq6-gxgj awxkit has a path traversal vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

The following practices would help for avoiding exposure to this flaw: 1) Prioritize the default JSON import format instead of YAML. 2) Avoid importing YAML files from untrusted sources.

History

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat ansible Automation Platform Developer
Redhat ansible Automation Platform Inside
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7::el10
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.7::el10
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.7::el9
cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.7::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat ansible Automation Platform Developer
Redhat ansible Automation Platform Inside
References

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

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threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Awxkit: path traversal via yaml !include directive
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T16:50:20.983Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T07:23:36.530Z

Link: CVE-2026-52902

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-09T16:09:34.247Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-06-09T10:16:44.830

Modified: 2026-08-24T17:17:24.863

Link: CVE-2026-52902

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-06-09T07:17:10Z

Links: CVE-2026-52902 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-09T20:15:06Z

Weaknesses