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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.6 High

CVE-2026-84706

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 the execution environment

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
redhat

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9

Default version status: affected

  • 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6

Default version status: affected

  • 1789673739 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7

Default version status: affected

  • 1789580684 to < *unaffected

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