CVE-2026-84499
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CVE-2026-84499 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.7/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. Survey questions of type password are write-only and stored encrypted, displayed only as a placeholder on read.
Description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. Survey questions of type password are write-only and stored encrypted, displayed only as a placeholder on read. When a schedule or workflow job template node is revalidated against a tightened survey specification, the controller decrypts the stored password and includes its plaintext value in the minimum/maximum length validation error message returned in the HTTP response. A user with the delegated JobTemplate Admin role can tighten the survey length constraint and trigger revalidation of a schedule or node created by another, higher-privileged user, thereby recovering that user's stored password in plaintext.
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Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 | All versions |
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- Awaiting Analysis
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