community.general Ansible collection. The shared OCAPI request helper disables
TLS certificate validation on every request and the modules expose no parameter
to re-enable it, while sending HTTP Basic-Auth credentials to an https endpoint.
An attacker positioned on the network path between the Ansible controller and the
OCAPI-managed storage/enclosure device can present any certificate, intercept the
session, capture the credentials, and tamper with responses.
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Solution
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Workaround
Until fixed, only run the OCAPI modules against devices reached over a fully trusted/isolated management network path (no untrusted on-path segments), since certificate validation cannot be enabled. Treat the OCAPI Basic-Auth credentials as exposable in transit and rotate if MITM exposure is suspected.
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| Description | A flaw was found in the OCAPI modules (ocapi_command, ocapi_info) of the community.general Ansible collection. The shared OCAPI request helper disables TLS certificate validation on every request and the modules expose no parameter to re-enable it, while sending HTTP Basic-Auth credentials to an https endpoint. An attacker positioned on the network path between the Ansible controller and the OCAPI-managed storage/enclosure device can present any certificate, intercept the session, capture the credentials, and tamper with responses. | |
| Title | Community.general: community.general: ocapi module_utils (ocapi_command, ocapi_info) hardcode validate_certs=false with no override, enabling tls man-in-the-middle and credential disclosure | |
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Redhat
Redhat ceph Storage Redhat openstack |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-295 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ceph_storage:5 cpe:/a:redhat:ceph_storage:9 cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:17.1 cpe:/a:redhat:openstack:18.0 |
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Redhat ceph Storage Redhat openstack |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-09T16:06:27.744Z
Reserved: 2026-09-09T13:36:20.508Z
Link: CVE-2026-87872
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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-09T17:17:52.960
Modified: 2026-09-09T20:13:26.720
Link: CVE-2026-87872
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-09T19:00:15Z