CVE-2026-84502

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: project scm_url argument injection into `git ls-remote --upload-pack` yields rce on the controller-task control-plane pod

State
Published
Severity
9.9 Critical
Published
Sep 23, 2026
Updated
Sep 24, 2026
Reserved
Sep 1, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The Project scm_url field is not validated against values that begin with a dash and is stored and passed verbatim to the git SCM module. Because the module runs git ls-remote with the URL as a positional argument and without a "--" separator, a git project URL such as "--upload-pack=<command>:x" is interpreted by git as the --upload-pack option and executed via a shell. A user with permission to create or modify a project in a single organization can thereby execute arbitrary commands on the control-plane task pod, with output reflected through the project update stdout endpoint, leading to cross-tenant compromise and in-cluster lateral movement

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.9 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Red Hat
  • 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9Red Hat
  • 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8Red Hat
  • 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9Red Hat
  • 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9Red Hat
  • 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6Red Hat
  • 1789673739 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7Red Hat
  • 1789580684 and laterNot affected

References

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