Medium

Automation-controller: automation-controller: systemjob extra_vars.days argument injection into uncontainerized control-plane awx-manage process

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

An argument-injection flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller system-job subsystem. The system-job template launch endpoint stores a user-supplied "days" variable without running the integer validation defined elsewhere for that field, and the dispatcher flattens the management-command argument list into a single string with spaces before the job runner re-splits it, so spaces in the value become additional command-line arguments. Because system jobs are executed in-process on the control node without the container isolation applied to all other job types, an authenticated user with superuser privileges can inject arbitrary arguments — including Python's path option — into the control-plane awx-manage process, controlling its argument vector and the first entry of its module search path. Full remote code execution requires an additional import gadget that is not present in the current management commands, so the demonstrated impact is argument injection with control of the process search path rather than confirmed code execution.

Announced 23 Sept 2026Source revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2026-84724

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-84724

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 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 2.5 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 2.6 for RHEL 9

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 2.6

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 2.7

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

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-84724
Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #32396 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 08:48:55 GMT
Publisher date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:40:42 GMT

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