CVE-2026-71366
Awx: notification backends allow ssrf and credential leakage
What happened?
A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was found in multiple AWX notification backends. The webhook, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, and Grafana notification backends use notification template URLs as direct HTTP request targets without validating the target address against private, loopback, or reserved IP ranges. An organization notification administrator can create notification templates pointing to internal or loopback addresses, causing the AWX control node to issue HTTP requests to services that are not externally accessible. Additionally, the webhook notification backend follows HTTP redirects and resends configured Basic Authentication credentials to redirect targets regardless of host change, allowing an attacker to exfiltrate notification credentials by redirecting to an attacker-controlled host. The Grafana backend sends its API key in the Authorization header to the configured target URL.
Affected software and versions
| Software | Version information | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.6.32-1.el8ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.6.32-1.el8ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.6.32-1.el9ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.6.32-1.el9ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.7.16-1.el9ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.7.16-1.el9ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9Red Hat | unaffected: 1787244009 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9Red Hat | unaffected: 1787220257 to < * | See vendor advisory |
Version information comes from the source record and can include unaffected products and exceptions. Distribution packages may contain backported fixes: an older upstream version alone does not prove a server is affected.
Is it being exploited?
This CVE was not listed in the CISA catalogue at our last retrieval. This does not establish that exploitation is absent.
How to respond
- Confirm the product, installed package version, and any configuration requirements in the vendor advisory.
- Follow the vendor’s remediation or workaround guidance in the references below. Structured fixed-version data is unavailable here; the publisher’s description may include a fix or workaround.
- Restart affected services if required, then verify the running version. Known exploitation may warrant investigation as well as patching.
Sources and remediation references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71366
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59135
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59136
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59153
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:59155
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71366
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2511902