# CVE-2026-87872: Ansible community.general OCAPI modules TLS certificate validation bypass

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-87872-ansible-community-general-ocapi-modules-tls-certificate  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-09. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-87872 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.8 · Published 2026-09-09

The community.general Ansible collection contains OCAPI modules (ocapi_command and ocapi_info) used to manage storage and enclosure devices. These modules disable TLS certificate validation and send HTTP Basic-Auth credentials over HTTPS with no way to re-enable validation. An attacker on the network between an Ansible controller and the target device can intercept communications, steal credentials, and modify responses.

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-87872 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-87872 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-87872?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.8, published 9 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Ansible community.general versions with OCAPI modules (ocapi_command, ocapi_info) prior to fix.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-87872?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-87872 attacked?** It is attacked from the adjacent network.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-87872?** Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is a failure to properly validate TLS certificates (CWE-295) in the OCAPI request helper used by ocapi_command and ocapi_info modules. The shared helper function hardcodes validate_certs=False with no parameter override, disabling certificate validation on all HTTPS requests. An attacker positioned on the network path between the Ansible controller and the OCAPI-managed device can exploit this by presenting a malicious certificate to intercept the session, capture Basic-Auth credentials in transit, and tamper with API responses. The attack requires an on-path network position (adjacent network), making it viable in untrusted management network segments. No patch has been released as of the advisory date; mitigation involves restricting OCAPI module usage to fully trusted/isolated management network paths.

## Affected products

- Ansible community.general versions with OCAPI modules (ocapi_command, ocapi_info) prior to fix

## Timeline

- 2026-09-09: disclosed

## References

- [https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/](https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87872](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87872)