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CVE-2026-85475: CWE-96

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-85475· High 7.2

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.2High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.17.2
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:H

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 7 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2automation-controllerAffected–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.

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