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Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: credential type env-injector deny-list omits process-hijacking variables (bash_env/ld_preload) allowing code execution in

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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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CVE-2026-84706

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-84706

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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      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9"
    ],
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    "product": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8",
    "versions": [
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        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0:4.6.33-1.el8ap",
        "lessThan": "*",
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      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9"
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    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9",
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      }
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      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el10",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el9",
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.6::el9"
    ],
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  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "1789673739",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9",
    "collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
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  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7::el9"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "1789580684",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9",
    "collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-84706

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Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#32386 · Revision 1
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  1. CVE-2026-84706 · Revision 1Source updated