Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: write-only survey password recovered in plaintext via schedule/workflowjobtemplatenode survey min/max validation error me
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.
CVE-2026-84499
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-84499
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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- Prerequisites
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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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- Prerequisites
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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product
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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product
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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"lessThan": "*",
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]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-84499
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high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
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- #32383 · Revision 1
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