CVE-2026-85475: CWE-96
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.
Data as of 8 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (redhat) | CVSS 3.1 | 7.2 |
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- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 56% 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:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 23 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 8 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2automation-controller | Affected– | Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
The vulnerability requires superuser privileges to exploit and crosses a privilege boundary within the system. According to the Red Hat advisory, a fix is under investigation or planned, but no explicit patch link is provided in the input data. Until a fix is available, restrict superuser access to trusted administrators only and monitor for updates from the vendor.
Description
A vulnerability in the Ansible Automation Platform automation controller allows a privileged user to inject malicious rsyslog directives via user-controlled logging configuration settings. This injection can lead to arbitrary command execution within the control-plane rsyslog component, exposing sensitive data such as the controller SECRET_KEY and database credentials, and enabling full compromise of the control plane.