CVE-2026-44188
MediumCVSS 5.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk35th percentile — higher than 35% of all known CVEs
Summary
A flaw was found in Ansible Lightspeed related to insufficient session expiration, allowing 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.
Risk Assessment
This vulnerability can lead to unauthorized read access to Ansible resources such as inventories, playbooks, and configuration data, posing a serious security threat to the organization.
Recommendation
It is recommended that administrators ensure that access tokens are invalidated on the backend after user logout to minimize the risk of unauthorized access.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.