Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Container Release Update
🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)
📋 Description
CVE-2026-84782 — openssl: compat-openssl: openssl: Information disclosure via DTLS handshake retransmission CVE-2026-111064 — aiohttp: aiohttp: Denial of Service via missing initial request timeout CVE-2026-111066 — aiohttp: aiohttp: Denial of Service via file descriptor exhaustion in multipart request processing CVE-2026-111497 — brotli: Out-of-Bounds Write in Google Brotli Decoder
🎯 Affected products119
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/aap-must-gather-rhel9@sha256:25abee0be360bb27cab330ff5eeb226bfe9afe77aa8877aa8ddd586ddc1d6cc9_s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/aap-must-gather-rhel9@sha256:308dd58ddc4270ccaaa66c0f0257cfe3b26f0c7c237bac78560617564717e19d_arm64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/aap-must-gather-rhel9@sha256:40cd27bace51a79e83b196b4b1a918155f47bd8db422193463a96fac49b155c7_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/aap-must-gather-rhel9@sha256:c9e0e4c5982fbea031efd2580086208c8225f9c782e63a082ee7a48a6a55ef6a_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-builder-rhel9@sha256:56a78fb21a92a6b13c10e7032d90eafdba51be4a1b8dfe6fba2c186b2d3ae8b7_arm64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-builder-rhel9@sha256:8db64d8f310526e44ed2bcb79d94d9c05ec6e6884b60f822c431a93961368e07_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-builder-rhel9@sha256:c3bb2dc6669da470a11c2cbaa09c2731a4bae3c22c7a7690bd1ed5db3bc1adae_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-builder-rhel9@sha256:cddb19ece306d118be963e78792e861bea52085b1149fdc38d074200687eedda_s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-dev-tools-rhel9@sha256:128a1bb06a6656dfcbf06591626bd1d460c998ad8c10ad220b960b6b83066034_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-dev-tools-rhel9@sha256:354893b91368ac8b86d613593cafb48831c6eb2a9f2d5febc4bce6baa0900de2_arm64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-dev-tools-rhel9@sha256:3d8fbf141c5ad33d98e0ce5d962b08aa1677766787d27107c6b1e05c9be6a68d_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/ansible-dev-tools-rhel9@sha256:e9b5804db4d9437f341745a53d712e752c322a4d166146744b1d6b7a201c5dc3_s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9-operator@sha256:05044421278c739ecd258a636e9c2842db6274dd2ae3a34df29b36e00184baa6_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9-operator@sha256:0dbe68f5e4db95383e9fcf883df94aad1db58ceff81c11ec20c577c3ec827159_s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9-operator@sha256:a212d4303dc5f67d3deedcc32d7c5c366ed9097501941b4c99e4779f70e355a1_arm64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9-operator@sha256:b698ee5892a7605192e39a7dca7ed8910a9df9bc254704e50042b2a0b1e972ae_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9@sha256:393b85b5c301f83ec7f53dfa324d0c40708a0f281dbdffabe132bb8e47011996_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9@sha256:68694ac69a576227479c1090dbd6c55a130c585225d14cdfab0551c0223209f0_s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9@sha256:6fe3f04e7a68e29f8933dd81bd9c2e5706cb66ffe3a8437ee66d4573d034f34c_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9@sha256:ce7b98a5716df45db8d8dab88734e2d14665222fcdbb831591c604c61aa67a5b_arm64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-minimal-rhel9@sha256:0f98d30e3ff784eef2d7978287ddec36849790dff101e233f3f209a85437bae8_arm64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-minimal-rhel9@sha256:481157407a12703287a0cfb3fdbef6dd718c24d0bdecd6210e92200ddd4fb7de_s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-minimal-rhel9@sha256:6146a207d2c3b38b0f684546c12fe0bbbd45572a061e473a9a39c2db32cfd738_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-minimal-rhel9@sha256:c277faff99156da2cb66915bb8df205b14d98281d24c9c2c338c1ee2cedf40f7_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-supported-rhel9@sha256:96442ea7f6dca894fcb37873745599809bae3dc6f7d239f906c60ff8d95b37e8_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-supported-rhel9@sha256:c09118e9b784c15a39e16e9373d6acb53c63fcc7a04d1f379dff79f20ef5be09_s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-supported-rhel9@sha256:d38925a50fba24dd601446025a096982c8fd5bbbab7c909035bc7c33f17ba508_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/de-supported-rhel9@sha256:d7b98582f322a03c335886b53e48f64a45077eca41e5ef51a52b57710f21f0cc_arm64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform-26/eda-controller-rhel9-operator@sha256:61adab635802475fe2102b553d646165463059b4764400a2c1649bb3bf68a48e_ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
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✅ Remediation
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_ansible_automation_platform/2.6#Upgrade Workaround: --- CME Mitigation Guidance (2026-10-20) --- Disclaimer: The following mitigation solutions are provided as a courtesy, pending the application of an official patch. This content was generated utilizing AI tools in conjunction with data from https://cmetaxonomy.org. Customers are advised to independently evaluate and test these temporary mitigations within their own infrastructure. The highest-value action is to enforce initial keep-alive timeouts and first-request deadlines on newly established HTTP connections within aiohttp: upgrade to aiohttp 3.14.4 (or the fixed Ansible Automation Platform 24/Lightspeed Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Caikit Tgis Serving Rhel/Python3.11 Aiohttp/Koku/Exploit Intelligence/Vulnerability Analysis Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Trustyai Nemo Guardrails Server Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Kserve Storage Initializer Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Kserve Agent Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Kserve Controller Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Kserve Router Rhel/Rhaiis/Vllm Spyre Rhel/Rhaiis/Vllm Tpu Rhel/Cloudservices/Vulnerability Engine App/Rhoai/Odh Pipeline Runtime Datascience Cpu Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Pipeline Runtime Pytorch Cuda Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Pipeline Runtime Pytorch Rocm Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Pipeline Runtime Tensorflow Cuda Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Pipeline Runtime Tensorflow Rocm Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Datascience Cpu Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Pytorch Cuda Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Pytorch Llmcompressor Cuda Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Pytorch Rocm Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Tensorflow Cuda Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Tensorflow Rocm Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Trustyai Cpu Py312 Rhel/Rhaiis/Vllm Cpu Rhel/Rhaiis/Vllm Neuron Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 24/Controller Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 25/Lightspeed Chatbot Rhel/Cloudservices/Insights Engine/Rhoai/Odh Ml Pipelines Runtime Generic Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Autorag Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Ta Lmes Job Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Th06 Cpu Torch291 Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Th06 Cuda130 Torch291 Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Training Cuda128 Torch29 Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Training Rocm64 Torch29 Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Vllm Gaudi Rhel/Rhai Early Access/Docling Serve Cuda Rhel/Automation Controller/Cloudservices/Floorist/Openshift Lightspeed/Lightspeed Ocp Rag Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Model Registry Job Async Upload Rhel/Rhaii/Vllm Gaudi Rhel/Rhaii/Vllm Neuron Rhel/Rhaii/Vllm Tpu Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Openvino Model Server Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Automl Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Kserve Autogluon Server Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Mlflow Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Llm D Kv Cache Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Th06 Cpu Torch210 Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Th06 Cuda130 Torch210 Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Th06 Rocm64 Torch291 Py312 Rhel/Ask Sre/Rhelai3/Bootc Gaudi Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform Tech Preview/Ee Minimal Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Training Cuda121 Torch24 Py311 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Training Cuda124 Torch25 Py311 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Training Cuda128 Torch28 Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Training Rocm62 Torch24 Py311 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Training Rocm62 Torch25 Py311 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Training Rocm64 Torch28 Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Trustyai Garak Lls Provider Dsp Rhel/Astro Virtual Assistant V/Lightspeed Core/Lightspeed Stack Rhel/Lightspeed Core/Rag Tool Cuda 12.9 Rhel/Mta/Mta Solution Server Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Feature Server Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Llama Stack Core Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Pipeline Runtime Pytorch Llmcompressor Cuda Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Mlserver Rhel/Rhai/Guidellm Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Pipeline Runtime Minimal Cpu Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Th Torch Cpu Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Th Torch Cuda Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Th Torch Rocm Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Minimal Cpu Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Minimal Cuda Py312 Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Jupyter Minimal Rocm Py312 Rhel/Rhaiis/Model Opt Cuda Rhel/Rhaiis/Vllm Cuda Rhel/Rhaiis/Vllm Rocm Rhel/Rhaii/Model Opt Cuda Rhel/Rhaii/Vllm Cpu Rhel/Rhaii/Vllm Cuda Rhel/Rhaii/Vllm Rocm Rhel/Rhaii/Vllm Spyre Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 25/Controller Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 25/Lightspeed Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/Ansible Dev Tools Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/Controller Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/De Minimal Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/De Supported Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/Ee Minimal Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/Ee Supported Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/Hub Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/Lightspeed Chatbot Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/Lightspeed Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 26/Platform Resource Runner Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/Controller Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/De Minimal Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/De Supported Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/Ee Control Plane Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/Ee Minimal Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/Ee Supported Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/Hub Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/Lightspeed Chatbot Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/Lightspeed Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform 27/Platform Resource Runner Rhel/Ansible Automation Platform/Ee Minimal Rhel/Galaxy Ng/Automation Hub Container/Redhat User Workloads/Ansible Saas Ee/Ansible On Clouds/Gh Action Runner/Ansible Ai Connect Service/Insights Engine/Cloudservices/Subscription Central Automation/Google Lightspeed Agent/Lscore Deploy/Vulnerability Engine/Cloudservices/Sha Extractor/Lightspeed Core/Rag Tool Cpu Rhel/Openshift Lightspeed Tech Preview/Lightspeed Rag Tool Rhel/Openshift Lightspeed/Lightspeed Service Api Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Caikit Nlp Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Mlserver Cuda Rhel/Rhoai/Odh Workbench Codeserver Datascience Cpu Py312 Rhel/Discovery/Discovery Server Rhel/Rhelai3/Bootc Aws Cuda Rhel/Rhelai3/Bootc Azure Cuda Rhel/Rhelai3/Bootc Azure Rocm Rhel/Rhelai3/Bootc Cuda Rhel/Rhelai3/Bootc Gcp Cuda Rhel/Rhelai3/Bootc Rocm Rhel/Satellite/Iop Insights Engine Rhel/Satellite/Iop Vulnerability Engine Rhel/Python3.12 Aiohttp/Python Aiohttp/Insights Host Inventory/Aap Rag Content/Ansible Chatbot Stack/Aoc/Ee Aap Azure Sre/Ansible On Clouds/Aoc Utility/Redhat User Workloads/Release Service Utils Standalone/Lightspeed Services Ocp/Ocp Rules Rhel/App Sre/Managed Prometheus Exporter Initcontainer/App Sre/Managed Prometheus Exporter Base/Python3X Aiohttp builds), which schedule an initial keep-alive timeout check in connection_made() when keepalive_timeout is greater than zero, lower the default keepalive_timeout from 3630 to 75.0 seconds, and enforce a first-request deadline, closing all 2 injection vectors (idle TCP connections opened without sending request data, trickling partial request data before the first complete HTTP request). Until patched, this is a concern on aiohttp HTTP server deployments directly exposed to network traffic without intermediate timeout enforcement, so place aiohttp instances behind a reverse proxy that actively enforces connection read and idle timeouts before requests arrive. As a compensating measure, configure systemd WatchdogSec and automatic restart directives to monitor daemon responsiveness and restart the aiohttp service if connection exhaustion halts health checks. These controls limit blast radius and contain exploitation, but they do not fix the underlying missing initial request timeout defect — apply the upstream patch to fully remediate. Highest-impact CME: CME-906 Rate Limiting / Connection Throttling (high) Workaround: --- CME Mitigation Guidance (2026-10-20) --- Disclaimer: The following mitigation solutions are provided as a courtesy, pending the application of an official patch. This content was generated utilizing AI tools in conjunction with data from https://cmetaxonomy.org. Customers are advised to independently evaluate and test these temporary mitigations within their own infrastructure. The highest-value action is to enforce strict limits on multipart payload sizes and uplo…
🔗 References (8)
- selfhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:92856
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-111497
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-111064
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-111066
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84782
- externalhttps://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
- externalhttps://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_ansible_automation_platform/2.6/whats_new-async_updates
- selfhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_92856.json