---
id: CVE-2026-75884
title: A flaw was found in AWX
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in AWX. The container group pod_spec_override field uses an
  incomplete blocklist that only restricts automountServiceAccountToken,
  allowing injection of initContainers, serviceAccountName overrides, and
  projected service…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-184
vendor: Red Hat
product: automation-controller
affected:
  - automation-controller (all versions)
  - automation-controller (all versions)
  - 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)
patched:
  - ansible_automation_platform_2_4_for_rhel 8
  - ansible_automation_platform_2_5_for_rhel 8
  - ansible_automation_platform_2_4_for_rhel 9
  - 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
published: '2026-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T16:17:10.120'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75884'
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-2026:71115'
    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-2026-75884'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2517893'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-75884.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-75884'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75884'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-24T14:03:21.427356Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T20:32:10.749Z'
epss: 0.00409
epssPercentile: 0.32416
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in AWX. The container group pod_spec_override field uses an incomplete blocklist that only restricts automountServiceAccountToken, allowing injection of initContainers, serviceAccountName overrides, and projected service account token volumes. An AAP platform administrator can exploit this to escalate privileges to OpenShift namespace-level access and exfiltrate namespace secrets.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **RHSA-2026:71115** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 · released 2026-09-23 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71115)
- **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)
- **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)
- **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)
- **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)