CVE-2026-84706
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CVE-2026-84706 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.6/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom Credential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a deny-list (an ANSIBLE_* prefix check plus a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that omits process-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, ENV, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONSTARTUP and GIT_SSH_COMMAND. EPSS estimates a 0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom Credential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a deny-list (an ANSIBLE_* prefix check plus a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that omits process-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, ENV, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONSTARTUP and GIT_SSH_COMMAND. Combined with the credential file injector, a privileged user can write an attacker-controlled script into the execution environment and point BASH_ENV at it, obtaining arbitrary code execution inside the execution-environment container for any job that attaches a credential of that type.
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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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