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CVE-2026-87872 json

Community.general: community.general: ocapi module_utils (ocapi_command, ocapi_info) hardcode validate_certs=false with no override, enabling tls man-in-the-middle and credential disclosure

published 2mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-75086

cvss
6.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the OCAPI modules (ocapi_command, ocapi_info) of the community.general Ansible collection. The shared OCAPI request helper disables TLS certificate validation on every request and the modules expose no parameter to re-enable it, while sending HTTP Basic-Auth credentials to an https endpoint. An attacker positioned on the network path between the Ansible controller and the OCAPI-managed storage/enclosure device can present any certificate, intercept the session, capture the credentials, and tamper with responses.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-87872 updated cvss 6.8

community.general: community.general: OCAPI module_utils (ocapi_command, ocapi_info) hardcode validate_certs=False with no override, enabling TLS man-in-the-middle and credential disclosure

  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 5 ansible-collection-community-general Red Hat Ceph Storage 9 ansible-collection-community-general Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 ansible-collection-community-general Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 ansible-collection-community-general
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 5
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ceph Storage 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

References

Sources

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