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CVE-2026-44188 Red Hat CVE debrief

A flaw was found in Ansible Lightspeed, related to insufficient session expiration. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to maintain persistent access to the Ansible Lightspeed instance. If an attacker exfiltrates a valid OAuth access token before a user logs out, they can continue to authenticate and access sensitive data. This is because the application fails to invalidate the token on the backend, leaving it valid until its natural expiration.

Vendor
Red Hat
Product
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
CVSS
MEDIUM 5.3
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-06-15
Original CVE updated
2026-08-20
Advisory published
2026-06-15
Advisory updated
2026-08-20

Who should care

Users of Ansible Lightspeed should be aware of this vulnerability and take steps to mitigate it.

Technical summary

The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 and is classified as MEDIUM severity. The CVSS vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The weakness is categorized as CWE-613.

Defensive priority

MEDIUM

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply patches or updates provided by the vendor to fix the vulnerability.
  • Ensure that OAuth access tokens are properly invalidated on the backend when a user logs out.
  • Monitor Ansible Lightspeed instances for suspicious activity.

Evidence notes

The vendor is listed as Unknown Vendor, but evidence suggests a connection to Redhat.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2026-44188 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44188

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2026-44188 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44188

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.