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The impact is limited to availability.","summary":"An authenticated user can submit a very large schedule rule (rrule) with no valid tokens, and the server's validation slows down quadratically. Repeated requests can tie up the web workers and deny access to the API and web UI, with no data exposed.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["ansible","automation-controller","self-hosted","vendor"],"not_affected_if":["api-not-exposed","no-untrusted-users"],"how_to_check":null,"fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-09T18:17:27+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-09T18:27:56+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-09T18:29:21+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-09T18:29:21+00:00","category":"vendor","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-09T18:29:21Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"network","title":"Automation controller: crafted schedule rule can stall the web API","impact":"low","summary":"An authenticated user can submit a very large schedule rule (rrule) with no valid tokens, and the server's validation slows down quadratically. Repeated requests can tie up the web workers and deny access to the API and web UI, with no data exposed.","audience":"businesses","category":"vendor","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["automation-controller","ansible","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"API and web UI become unavailable while requests are sustained","analyst_note":"Check the vendor advisory or NVD entry for the affected and fixed automation controller versions and any workaround; the sources here give none.","how_to_check":"- unknown","plain_action":"","product_name":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["no-untrusted-users","api-not-exposed"],"who_is_affected":"Teams running Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform automation controller that let users create or preview schedules through the REST API. The flaw needs a logged-in account, but any account that can reach the schedule preview endpoint can trigger it. 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