CVE-2026-84499
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. Survey questions of type password are write-only and stored encrypted, displayed only as a placeholder on read. When a schedule or workflow job template node is revalidated against a tightened survey specification, the controller decrypts the stored password and includes its plaintext value in the minimum/maximum length validation error message returned in the HTTP response. A user with the delegated JobTemplate Admin role can tighten the survey length constraint and trigger revalidation of a schedule or node created by another, higher-privileged user, thereby recovering that user's stored password in plaintext.
Published:Sep 23, 2026
Last Modified:Sep 26, 2026
EPS:Sep 23, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00379
CVSS Score:7.7
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Ansible Automation Platform
Redhat
Ansible Automation Platform
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Ansible Automation Platform Developer
Redhat
Ansible Automation Platform Developer
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Ansible Automation Platform Inside
Redhat
Ansible Automation Platform Inside
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
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Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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