Critical

Automation-controller: automation-controller: workflowjobtemplate /copy/ deep-copy sanitizer omits instance_groups authorization (instancegroup use_role bypass to control-plane)

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. When a WorkflowJobTemplate is copied, the deep-copy permission sanitizer validates only the inventory, unified_job_template, and credentials of each cloned node and fails to check the instance_groups (and execution_environment and labels) that were preserved from the original. A user with organization workflow-admin permission but no role on the referenced instance groups can copy a workflow, become its administrator, and launch jobs pinned to instance groups they are not authorized to use — including the control-plane instance group — bypassing the InstanceGroup use_role boundary and causing attacker-influenced automation to run in the control-plane execution context.

Announced 23 Sept 2026Group revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2026-84719

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-84719

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/2/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product

Affected versions: Not stated in this record
Fixed versions: Not stated in this record
Prerequisites: Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-84719
Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

critical

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #2234 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:15:29 GMT
Publisher date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:40:07 GMT

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Revision history

24 Oct 2026CVE-2026-84719 · Revision 1Source updated