CVE-2026-84706

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: credential type env-injector deny-list omits process-hijacking variables (bash_env/ld_preload) allowing code execution in the execution environment

State
Published
Severity
7.6 High
Published
Sep 23, 2026
Updated
Oct 16, 2026
Reserved
Sep 2, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom Credential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a deny-list (an ANSIBLE_* prefix check plus a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that omits process-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, ENV, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONSTARTUP and GIT_SSH_COMMAND. Combined with the credential file injector, a privileged user can write an attacker-controlled script into the execution environment and point BASH_ENV at it, obtaining arbitrary code execution inside the execution-environment container for any job that attaches a credential of that type.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:Nredhat

Weaknesses

  • CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Affected Products

ProductVersions
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

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