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CVE-2026-84706: Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller · CWE-184

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-84706· High 7.6

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.6 High : patch Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 soon.

Data as of 8 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.6High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.17.6
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 23% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 9 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8automation-controllerAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9automation-controllerAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9automation-controllerAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9Affected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as provided in Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2026:71113 to remediate this issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor's patch.

Description

A vulnerability in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller allows a privileged user to achieve arbitrary code execution inside the execution-environment container. This occurs because the custom Credential Type environment-variable injector uses a deny-list that fails to block certain process-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, enabling an attacker to inject malicious scripts. A fix is available from Red Hat for Ansible Automation Platform 2.6.

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