RHSA-2026:73517

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2026-09-29 16:17 - Updated: 2026-10-04 09:56
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Ansible automation portal (Technology Preview)
Severity
Important
Notes
Topic: Updated images are now available for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2, which include new features, bug fixes, and enhancements for the Red Hat Ansible Automation Portal Operator.
Details: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2 delivers the Automation Portal Operator for managing Ansible Automation Portal deployments on OpenShift. The operator automates installation, configuration, and lifecycle management of the portal via a custom resource.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.

A flaw was found in the `encoding/xml` package of Go. The `DecodeElement` function failed to correctly track recursion depth, which could lead to stack exhaustion. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted XML input, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.

CWE-776 - Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2:registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform/automation-portal-rhel9-operator@sha256:e99604a3de742690f246b4cbdac78bc434dca0abdd857b91a010324535f7a2bb_amd64 —
Vendor Fix fix
Workaround
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.2:registry.redhat.io/ansible-automation-platform/automation-portal-operator-bundle@sha256:b9870b58050f948fe7a9a166043c398fa4aba406c82a04e95eb8443fd7706b35_amd64 —
Workaround
Threats
Impact Important

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