CVE-2026-84719

Automation-controller: automation-controller: workflowjobtemplate /copy/ deep-copy sanitizer omits instance_groups authorization (instancegroup use_role bypass to control-plane)

State
Published
Severity
9.9 Critical
Published
Sep 23, 2026
Updated
Sep 25, 2026
Reserved
Sep 2, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. When a WorkflowJobTemplate is copied, the deep-copy permission sanitizer validates only the inventory, unified_job_template, and credentials of each cloned node and fails to check the instance_groups (and execution_environment and labels) that were preserved from the original. A user with organization workflow-admin permission but no role on the referenced instance groups can copy a workflow, become its administrator, and launch jobs pinned to instance groups they are not authorized to use — including the control-plane instance group — bypassing the InstanceGroup use_role boundary and causing attacker-influenced automation to run in the control-plane execution context.

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

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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