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CVE-2026-84719: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 · Missing Authorization

Affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.9 Critical.

Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.9Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (redhat)CVSS 3.19.9
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 39% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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 2.4 for RHEL 8automation-controllerAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9automation-controllerAffected–Fixed 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–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has issued an official advisory and fix for this vulnerability. The remediation involves adding per-relationship authorization checks for instance_groups, execution_environment, and labels in the deep_copy_permission_check_func or removing these fields from the WorkflowJobTemplateNode fields preserved at copy. Users should apply the official patches or updates provided by Red Hat as per the advisory at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84719. No additional mitigations are required beyond applying the official fix.

Description

CVE-2026-84719 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8. The flaw occurs when copying a WorkflowJobTemplate, where the deep-copy permission sanitizer fails to verify authorization on instance_groups, execution_environment, and labels preserved from the original. This allows a user with organization workflow-admin permission but no role on certain instance groups to copy a workflow, gain administrator rights on it, and launch jobs on unauthorized instance groups, including the control-plane instance group. This bypasses intended role boundaries and enables attacker-influenced automation to run with elevated privileges in the control-plane execution context.

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