---
id: CVE-2026-84724
title: >-
  An argument-injection flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform
  automation-controller

  system-job subsystem
summary: >-
  An argument-injection flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform
  automation-controller

  system-job subsystem. The system-job template launch endpoint stores a
  user-supplied "days"

  variable without running the integer validation def…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-88
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)
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
published: '2026-09-23'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T14:51:56.593'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84724'
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-2026-84724'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527222'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-84724.json
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84724'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84724'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T20:32:10.754Z'
epss: 0.0029
epssPercentile: 0.19216
---

## Overview

An argument-injection flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller
system-job subsystem. The system-job template launch endpoint stores a user-supplied "days"
variable without running the integer validation defined elsewhere for that field, and the
dispatcher flattens the management-command argument list into a single string with spaces before
the job runner re-splits it, so spaces in the value become additional command-line arguments.
Because system jobs are executed in-process on the control node without the container isolation
applied to all other job types, an authenticated user with superuser privileges can inject
arbitrary arguments — including Python's path option — into the control-plane awx-manage process,
controlling its argument vector and the first entry of its module search path. Full remote code
execution requires an additional import gadget that is not present in the current management
commands, so the demonstrated impact is argument injection with control of the process search
path rather than confirmed code execution.

## Remediation

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

## Vendor advisories

- **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)