CVE-2026-84711

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{"affected_release": [{"advisory": "RHSA-2026:71115", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8", "package": "automation-controller-0:4.5.36-1.el8ap", "product_name": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8", "release_date": "2026-09-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2026:71115", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9", "package": "automation-controller-0:4.5.36-1.el9ap", "product_name": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9", "release_date": "2026-09-23T00:00:00Z"}, {"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: Project scm_branch/scm_refspec argument injection into git during project sync allows arbitrary file read on the sync host (control-plane ServiceAccount token, SECRET_KEY, and DB credentials on control-plane deployments) leading to full AAP and Kubernetes-namespace compromise", "id": "2527195", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527195"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "9.9", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "verified"}, "cwe": "CWE-88", "details": ["A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The\nProject SCM branch and SCM refspec fields are accepted without rejecting values that begin\nwith a dash and are passed to the git module during project synchronization, where they\nreach a `git checkout`/`git fetch` command line as bare arguments with no end-of-options\nseparator. An authenticated user permitted to create or edit a project can set the SCM\nbranch to a git option such as `--pathspec-from-file=<path>`, causing git to read an\narbitrary file on the synchronization host and reflect its contents back through the\nproject-update output. Because project synchronization runs on the control-plane host on\ndefault OpenShift Operator deployments, an attacker can read the control-plane Kubernetes\nServiceAccount token, the Controller SECRET_KEY, and the database credentials, leading to\nfull compromise of the Automation Platform and its Kubernetes namespace. System\nadministrator privileges are not required and the impact crosses tenants."], "name": "CVE-2026-84711", "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-2026-84711\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84711"], "statement": "This flaw affects automation-controller as shipped in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.\nExploitation requires an authenticated user with permission to create or edit a project\n(not a system administrator). Because project synchronization runs on the control-plane\nhost on default OpenShift Operator deployments, the arbitrary file read can disclose the\ncontrol-plane Kubernetes ServiceAccount token, the Controller SECRET_KEY, and the database\ncredentials, enabling full compromise of the platform and its Kubernetes namespace; Red\nHat rates this Critical. The realized impact is reduced on deployments where project\nupdates run in an isolated execution environment without control-plane secrets. The\nrecommended fix is to reject SCM branch/refspec values beginning with a dash at the API,\npass them only after a `--` end-of-options sentinel in the sync playbook, adopt the\nupstream ansible.builtin.git fix that inserts `--` before the checkout version, and run\nproject updates with a minimal ServiceAccount.", "threat_severity": "Critical"}

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