High severity · published Oct 8, 2026
CVE-2026-89091
Ansible-core: ansible-core: ansible-galaxy collection install symlink path escape allows arbitrary file write / code execution
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in ansible-core. When installing a collection with
`ansible-galaxy collection install`, the archive extractor validates member
paths using lexical path normalisation (os.path.abspath) instead of resolving
symbolic links (os.path.realpath), and it performs no containment check on
symlink-typed directory members before creating them. A crafted collection
tarball can chain symlink directory entries so that a subsequent file member is
written outside the intended destination directory. This allows an attacker who
can get a victim to install a malicious collection to overwrite arbitrary files
with the privileges of the user running ansible-galaxy, leading to code
execution on the control node. This is a bypass of the fix for CVE-2020-10691.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Ansible Core 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Discovery 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
SA
Self-service automation portal 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89091
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89091
vdb-entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-89091
issue-tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2531646
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