CVE-2026-84692

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{"affected_release": [{"advisory": "RHSA-2026:71113", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9", "package": "automation-controller-0:4.7.17-1.el9ap", "product_name": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9", "release_date": "2026-09-23T00:00:00Z"}], "bugzilla": {"description": "automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: workflow job template node execute permission check bypassed by creating a node with a null unified_job_template and then patching it, allowing a single workflow-admin to execute any other tenant's job template with the victim's credentials (cross-tenant privilege escalation)", "id": "2527154", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527154"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "8.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N", "status": "verified"}, "cwe": "CWE-863", "details": ["A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller.\nThe execute-permission check on a workflow job template node's unified job\ntemplate is skipped when the node's currently stored unified job template is\nempty: the check inspects only the existing value, not the incoming one, and a\nnode can be created without a unified job template. An authenticated user who\nholds admin permission on a single workflow job template can create an empty node\nand then patch it to reference any job template, project, inventory source,\nsystem job, or workflow on the platform -- including ones in other organizations\nthat they cannot otherwise read or launch. Running their own workflow then\nexecutes the victim template with the victim's attached credentials, inventory\nand project, resulting in cross-organization privilege escalation to arbitrary\nautomation execution. The patch response also discloses the victim template's\nname and description."], "name": "CVE-2026-84692", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9", "product_name": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2"}], "public_date": "2026-09-23T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84692\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84692"], "statement": "This flaw affects automation-controller as shipped in Red Hat Ansible Automation\nPlatform. Exploitation requires an authenticated user with admin permission on at\nleast one workflow job template; the impact is cross-organization privilege\nescalation to execution of another tenant's automation with that tenant's\ncredentials.", "threat_severity": "Important"}

{"affected": [{"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "2.6"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 90.0, "confidence_source": "inferred", "scores": [{"score": 90.0, "source": "inferred"}, {"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "product": "ansible_automation_platform", "vendor": "redhat"}], "created": "2026-09-24T01:45:13.237440+00:00", "updated": "2026-09-27T22:15:17.259299+00:00", "vendors": ["redhat", "redhat$PRODUCT$ansible_automation_platform"]}