Automation-controller: automation-controller: incomplete sanitize_jinja() regex allows jinja template injection into ad-hoc module_args, machine-credential fields, and host names, reaching ansible-cor
A flaw was found in the automation-controller input-validation guard sanitize_jinja(). The function uses two regular expressions to reject user-supplied Jinja, but the patterns stop at the first interior '}' or '%' character, so a Jinja expression containing an inner brace (for example an empty dict) is accepted while remaining valid Jinja. Because sanitize_jinja() is the sole guard on several launch-time fields — ad-hoc command module_args, Machine-credential username / become_method / become_user, and inventory host names — a low-privileged user can inject Jinja that ansible-core evaluates in the execution environment. This enables execution of arbitrary commands in the execution environment (bypassing an administrator's AD_HOC_COMMANDS module allowlist) and disclosure of secrets belonging to credentials the attacker cannot read (by templating a co-attached credential's injected environment variables), across the credential access-control boundary.
CVE-2026-84714
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-84714
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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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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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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