CVE-2026-84706
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.
Published:Sep 23, 2026
Last Modified:Sep 26, 2026
EPS:Sep 23, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00306
CVSS Score:7.6
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
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
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Integrity
None
Low
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Availability
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High
