{"id":"CVE-2026-85475","title":"A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation controller","summary":"A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation controller. The\nexternal logging (rsyslog) configuration is generated by interpolating\nuser-controlled settings — LOG_AGGREGATOR_HOST, LOG_AGGREGATOR_MAX_DISK_USAGE_PATH\nand …","severity":"high","cvss":7.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-96"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9","affected":["ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9 (all versions)","automation-controller (all versions)"],"patched":["ansible_automation_platform 2.7"],"published":"2026-09-23","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T15:17:46.580","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85475","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85475","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2528255","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-85475.json"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85475"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85475"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-24T14:33:34.362171Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T20:32:10.754Z","epss":0.00431,"epssPercentile":0.34547,"slug":"CVE-2026-85475","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation controller. The\nexternal logging (rsyslog) configuration is generated by interpolating\nuser-controlled settings — LOG_AGGREGATOR_HOST, LOG_AGGREGATOR_MAX_DISK_USAGE_PATH\nand LOG_AGGREGATOR_RSYSLOGD_ERROR_LOG_FILE — into an rsyslog RainerScript config\nfile without neutralizing RainerScript syntax. A privileged (superuser) user can\ninject rsyslog directives, including an omprog action, causing arbitrary command\nexecution inside the control-plane rsyslog component. This allows disclosure of\nthe controller SECRET_KEY and database credentials, decryption of all stored\ncredentials, and full compromise of the control plane.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **RHSA-2026:71177** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177)\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · no fix planned: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · updated 2026-09-24 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-85475.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":40,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}