{"id":"CVE-2026-84706","title":"A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller","summary":"A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom\nCredential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a\ndeny-list (an ANSIBLE_* prefix check plus a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that om…","severity":"high","cvss":7.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N","cwe":["CWE-184"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"automation-controller","affected":["automation-controller (all versions)","automation-controller (all versions)","automation-controller (all versions)","ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 (all versions)","ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9 (all versions)"],"published":"2026-09-23","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T06:17:02.680","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84706","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84706","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527187","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-84706.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84706"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84706"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T20:32:10.750Z","patched":["ansible_automation_platform_2_5_for_rhel 8","ansible_automation_platform_2_5_for_rhel 9","ansible_automation_platform_2_6_for_rhel 9","ansible_automation_platform 2.6","ansible_automation_platform 2.7"],"slug":"CVE-2026-84706","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom\nCredential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a\ndeny-list (an ANSIBLE_* prefix check plus a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that omits\nprocess-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, ENV, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH,\nPYTHONSTARTUP and GIT_SSH_COMMAND. Combined with the credential file injector, a\nprivileged user can write an attacker-controlled script into the execution environment\nand point BASH_ENV at it, obtaining arbitrary code execution inside the\nexecution-environment container for any job that attaches a credential of that type.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **RHSA-2026:71114** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114)\n- **RHSA-2026:71113** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113)\n- **RHSA-2026:71179** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179)\n- **RHSA-2026:71177** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":42,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}