unauthenticated health-check endpoint /api/v2/ping/
(ApiV2PingView, AllowAny) over-serializes RBAC-gated
automation-mesh data into its anonymous response, exposing the
full instance inventory (node hostnames, node types, UUIDs,
heartbeats, capacities, and exact versions), all instance-group
names and membership, the deployment install UUID, and the
active control node. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can use
this to map the control plane and fingerprint software versions
for targeted attacks. This flaw affects confidentiality only;
it does not expose secrets, credentials, or tenant data.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
No advisories yet.
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
There is no configuration option that trims the data returned by the unauthenticated /api/v2/ping/ endpoint (also reachable as /api/controller/v2/ping/). Exposure can be reduced by restricting network access to the automation-controller API so that only trusted networks and health probes can reach it: block or restrict external access to the /api/v2/ping/ and /api/controller/v2/ping/ routes at the reverse proxy, load balancer, or firewall, and front health checks with an infrastructure-level probe that does not proxy the /ping/ endpoint to untrusted clients. The definitive fix is to update to a version of automation-controller that no longer serializes instance, instance-group, install UUID, and active-node data in the unauthenticated response.
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000
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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 06:45:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7::el9 | |
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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:00:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9 |
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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:30:00 +0000
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Redhat ansible Automation Platform Developer
Redhat ansible Automation Platform Inside |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el10 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el10 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.6::el9 |
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Redhat ansible Automation Platform Developer
Redhat ansible Automation Platform Inside |
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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in the automation-controller API. The unauthenticated health-check endpoint /api/v2/ping/ (ApiV2PingView, AllowAny) over-serializes RBAC-gated automation-mesh data into its anonymous response, exposing the full instance inventory (node hostnames, node types, UUIDs, heartbeats, capacities, and exact versions), all instance-group names and membership, the deployment install UUID, and the active control node. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can use this to map the control plane and fingerprint software versions for targeted attacks. This flaw affects confidentiality only; it does not expose secrets, credentials, or tenant data. | |
| Title | Automation-controller: automation-controller: unauthenticated /api/v2/ping/ discloses automation-mesh instance topology and instance-group membership | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-497 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2 | |
| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-06T01:06:32.460Z
Reserved: 2026-09-02T00:44:46.968Z
Link: CVE-2026-84712
Updated: 2026-09-24T14:29:39.375Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-23T20:17:17.817
Modified: 2026-11-06T01:17:56.450
Link: CVE-2026-84712
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-24T09:00:12Z