CVE-2026-12564
Authenticated attacker can exfiltrate controller K8s token via HashiCorp Vault plugin
Is CVE-2026-12564 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-12564 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.28% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-12564?
CVE-2026-12564 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.6. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-12564?
Not known from our data. No patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-12564, which is not the same as no patch existing — a fix may have shipped without a tagged reference, or after this record was written. The vendor advisory is the only authority on whether a fix exists, and mitigations may be available regardless.
What does CVE-2026-12564 affect?
CVE-2026-12564 affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) Controller, awx_plugins/credentials/hashivault.py (HashiCorp Vault plugin), Kubernetes service accounts / control-plane namespaces. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-12564?
Restrict credential creation, disable Vault kubernetes_role tests, rotate tokens/secrets, apply vendor patch when released
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Auth attacker who can create credentials can exfiltrate the controller's K8s service account token, then read secrets and perform full pod CRUD in control-plane namespaces.
Immediate action required