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Full vulnerability report · 2026
CVE-2026-84474High confidence

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: view_jobtemplate to execute privilege escalation via host_config_key exposure and x-forwarded-for spoofing of provisioning-callback host match

Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

Official source article: Red Hat RHSA-2026:71113 ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.

9.9CriticalCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days

Critical technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
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Operational reassessment

Published severity in operational context

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Published severityCriticalOperational priority:Critical, unchanged from published severity.unchanged

Evidence used

  • No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
  • EPSS is 0.80% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

  • Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
  • Restrict the affected network interface to trusted sources where business-safe.
  • Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
  4. Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Mitigation target: Within 3 daysRemediation target: Within 90 days

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Direct vendor intelligence

Authoritative vendor CSAF and VEX advisories

Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.

1 current
CVE-2026-84474 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Securityautomation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: view_jobtemplate to execute privilege escalation via host_config_key exposure and X-Forwarded-For spoofing of provisioning-callback host match
26 fixed

The vendor explicitly identifies these products or versions as containing the fix.

  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.5.36-1.el8ap.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.5.36-1.el8ap.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.5.36-1.el8ap.s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.5.36-1.el8ap.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.6.33-1.el8ap.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.6.33-1.el8ap.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.6.33-1.el8ap.s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.6.33-1.el8ap.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.5.36-1.el9ap.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.5.36-1.el9ap.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.5.36-1.el9ap.s390x as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
  • automation-controller-venv-tower-0:4.5.36-1.el9ap.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
Summary
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list. By reading the secret and spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials, resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.
Remediation
For details on how to apply this update, refer to Ansible Automation Platform documentation.
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
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ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2026-85555

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list. By reading the secret and spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials, resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
9.9 · CVSS 3.1
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days

Critical technical severity; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list. By reading the secret and spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials, resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.

What

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list. By reading the secret and spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials, resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.

Why

The product uses a protection mechanism that relies on the existence or values of an input, but the input can be modified by an untrusted actor in a way that bypasses the protection mechanism.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.

What

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list. By reading the secret and spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials, resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.

Why

The product uses a protection mechanism that relies on the existence or values of an input, but the input can be modified by an untrusted actor in a way that bypasses the protection mechanism.

How

An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may execute code or commands in the affected security context.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
a network path → Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision → execute code or commands in the affected security context
Attack surface
Network
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Changed: exploitation can affect a different security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-807 ↗

CWE-807: Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision. The product uses a protection mechanism that relies on the existence or values of an input, but the input can be modified by an untrusted actor in a way that bypasses the protection mechanism.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SChangedScope: The attack can affect a component governed by a different security authority.CHighConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.IHighIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
After compromise, an attacker may use built-in shells, scripting engines, scheduled tasks and native network utilities for discovery, persistence or movement. This is a plausible LoTL path, not evidence that it has occurred for every attack.
NetworkRemote code executionPrivilege escalationCWE-807
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-85555Official EUVD mapping

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list. By reading the secret and spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials, resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.

Official EUVD record ↗
BSI · German · WID-SEC-2026-3555Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (automation-controller): Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen.

Official advisory ↗
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20260930Security Bulletin 30 Sept 2026

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 30 Sept 2026, published on 30 September 2026. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
Fixed
Action
For details on how to apply this update, refer to Ansible Automation Platform documentation.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. If business-safe, reduce exposure to the affected interface and allow only trusted sources until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 23 Sept 2026 · Last source change 24 Sept 2026, 05:58 UTC · CWE-807 · Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-09-24
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-85555
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD awaiting enrichment

Missing structured fields: affected versions. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

View recent updates ↗
  1. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed: added remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113; removed remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71177; removed vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71177; 1 further removals.
    Before
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71177 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71177 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71179
    After
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113
    CNA ↗
  2. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed: added remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71177; added vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71177; removed remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113; 1 further additions.
    Before
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113
    After
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71177 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71177 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71179
    access.redhat.com ↗
  3. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    See the vendor and CVE records for the affected range. · Fixed: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8: 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9: 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8: 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9: 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9: 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap < *
    After
    See the vendor and CVE records for the affected range. · Fixed: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8: 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9: 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8: 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9: 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9: 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6: 1789673739 < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7: 1789580684 < *
    CNA ↗
  4. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed: added remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113; removed remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71114; removed vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71114.
    Before
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71114 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71114
    After
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113
    CNA ↗
  5. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed: added remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71114; added vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71114; removed remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113.
    Before
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113
    After
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71114 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71114
    access.redhat.com ↗
  6. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    See the vendor and CVE records for the affected range. · Fixed: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8: 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9: 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9: 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap < *
    After
    See the vendor and CVE records for the affected range. · Fixed: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8: 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9: 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8: 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9: 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9: 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap < *
    CNA ↗
  7. ENISA EUVD mappingEUVD-2026-85555 was added to the official ENISA EUVD mapping for this CVE.
    Before
    not recorded
    After
    {"euvdId":"EUVD-2026-85555"}
    ENISA EUVD ↗
  8. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed: removed vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113; removed vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71115.
    Before
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71115
    After
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113
    CNA ↗
  9. Vendor guidanceAuthoritative vendor guidance changed: added remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113; added vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113; 1 further additions.
    Before
    no authoritative guidance recorded
    After
    remediation: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71113 · vendor advisory: access.redhat.com/RHSA-2026:71115
    access.redhat.com ↗
  10. Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
    Before
    See the vendor and CVE records for the affected range. · Fixed: No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
    After
    See the vendor and CVE records for the affected range. · Fixed: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8: 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9: 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap < *; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9: 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap < *
    CNA ↗
  11. Remediation statusRemediation status changed from Awaiting fix to Patch available.
    Before
    Awaiting fix
    After
    Patch available
    access.redhat.com ↗
  12. Catalogue recordCVE added to the BlackTree catalogue.
    CNA ↗
Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
CVE published
Fixed release or patch reference recorded
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-85555↗Vendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security↗CVE authority or vendor reference · Red Hat RHSA-2026:71113↗Official CVE record (CNA and ADP data)↗NVD record↗
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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