Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Updates Fix Receptor Flaws
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Red Hat issued Receptor security updates for Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 and 2.7. Inventory controllers, execution and hop nodes and exact RHEL branches, install the matching packages, validate mesh and job execution, review anomalies where warranted, and retain evidence.
Confirm Scope And Apply The Supported Remediation
What to do now: Inventory AAP 2.6 and 2.7 controllers, execution and hop nodes, exact Receptor packages, RHEL 9 or 10 bases, mesh exposure, owners, and maintenance windows. Match AAP and RHEL branches to the corresponding RHSA; do not apply one platform build across every automation node or infer compromise from severity. Install receptor-1.6.9-3 from the matching supported AAP and RHEL repositories and restart affected services through the supported process. Confirm package and service versions, test mesh connectivity, authentication and representative automation jobs, review relevant logs, and retain repository and change evidence.
Last verified: 2026-10-30 UTC. Recheck the authoritative advisory and supported distribution channel before changing production.
Scope And Authority
| Product scope | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 and 2.7 receptor packages on RHEL 9 and 10 |
|---|---|
| Advisory | RHSA-2026:92622 / RHSA-2026:92621 |
| CVEs | CVE-2026-78667, CVE-2026-78669, CVE-2026-97031 |
| Authoritative release date | 2026-10-29 19:58:31 UTC |
| Authority revision date | 2026-10-30 00:50:43 UTC |
| Affected versions | Advisory-listed packages on Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 10; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 10; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 for RHEL 9, before the exact fixed builds in the corresponding RHSA. |
| Fixed version | receptor-0:1.6.9-3.el10ap.src; receptor-0:1.6.9-3.el9ap.src |
| CVSS base score | 7.5 (CVSS v3.1) |
| CVSS severity | High |
| Exploitation status | Red Hat does not state that these vulnerabilities are being maliciously exploited.; no exploitation claim is inferred. |
What Changed
Two errata update Receptor for three vulnerabilities across Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 and 2.7. Red Hat rates the grouped errata Important; individual CVSS scores and prerequisites differ by CVE.
What To Validate Now
- Inventory. Inventory AAP 2.6 and 2.7 controllers, execution and hop nodes, exact Receptor packages, RHEL 9 or 10 bases, mesh exposure, owners, and maintenance windows.
- Establish applicability. Match AAP and RHEL branches to the corresponding RHSA; do not apply one platform build across every automation node or infer compromise from severity.
- Remediate. Install receptor-1.6.9-3 from the matching supported AAP and RHEL repositories and restart affected services through the supported process.
- Validate. Confirm package and service versions, test mesh connectivity, authentication and representative automation jobs, review relevant logs, and retain repository and change evidence.
- Retain evidence. Preserve asset and owner identifiers, the applicability decision, before-and-after versions, change approval, installation output, validation results, and any exception or rollback record.
Operational Cautions
Automation-mesh changes can interrupt job execution and isolated nodes. Stage the rollout and preserve credentials, inventories and rollback material securely.
Evidence To Retain
- Exact product, release stream, package or application version, enabled feature, environment, and accountable owner.
- UTC timestamps, authority revision, approved change record, installer or package-manager output, and resulting version.
- Relevant logs and monitoring evidence, test results, exceptions, compensating controls, and rollback decisions.
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Authoritative References
Correction policy: If the authority changes affected versions, fixed versions, severity, exploitation information, mitigations, or required action, TechGeeks will update this notice and its verification date.
