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
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.9 Critical.
Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (redhat) | CVSS 3.1 | 9.9 |
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- 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: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 7 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8automation-controller | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9automation-controller | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8automation-controller | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9automation-controller | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9automation-controller | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 | Affected– | 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.
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84719 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527213 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71115 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179 (opens in a new tab)