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CVE-2026-87872: 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

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-09 · updated 2026-09-14
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Ceph Storage 5: all versions
• Red Hat Ceph Storage 9: all versions
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1: all versions
• Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0: all versions

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87872
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2530988

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