PYSEC-2026-3550

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-08-04 11:34 - Updated: 2026-08-04 13:36
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Details

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.

Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Impacted products
Name purl
awxkit pkg:pypi/awxkit
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-52902",
    "GHSA-g29c-rgq6-gxgj"
  ],
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  "id": "PYSEC-2026-3550",
  "modified": "2026-08-04T13:36:13.324601Z",
  "published": "2026-08-04T11:34:41.532108Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52902"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52902"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486729"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ansible/awx"
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      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/awxkit"
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "awxkit has a path traversal vulnerability"
}



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