Ansible Lightspeed OAuth Token Persistence via Insufficient Sess Exp
CVE-2026-44188 Published on June 15, 2026
Ansible-lightspeed: ansible lightspeed: session hijacking and unauthorized data access due to insufficient session expiration
A flaw was found in Ansible Lightspeed. This vulnerability, related to insufficient session expiration, allows a remote attacker to maintain persistent access to the Ansible Lightspeed instance. If an attacker exfiltrates a valid OAuth (Open Authorization) 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. This can lead to unauthorized read access to Ansible resources such as inventories, playbooks, and configuration data.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-44188 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Timeline
Reported to Red Hat.
Made public. 41 days later.
Weakness Type
Insufficient Session Expiration
According to WASC, "Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization."
Products Associated with CVE-2026-44188
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Affected Versions
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7:- Version 1781025813 and below * is unaffected.