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high 7.7

CVE-2026-84499 json

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: write-only survey password recovered in plaintext via schedule/workflowjobtemplatenode survey min/max validation error message

published 2026-09-23 46 d ago modified 2026-11-06 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-85561

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 1789673739
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 1789580684
  • receptor ansible automation platform inside 2.5, ansible automation platform developer 2.5, ansible automation platform 2.5 1.6.8-1.el8ap
  • receptor ansible automation platform inside 2.6, ansible automation platform inside 2.5, ansible automation platform developer 2.6 +3 more 1.6.8-1.el9ap
  • python3.12-sqlparse ansible automation platform developer 2.5, ansible automation platform 2.5 0.6.0-1.el8ap
  • python3.12-sqlparse ansible automation platform developer 2.6, ansible automation platform developer 2.5, ansible automation platform 2.6 +1 more 0.6.0-1.el9ap
  • python3.12-gitpython ansible automation platform 2.5 3.1.60-1.el8ap
  • python3.12-gitpython ansible automation platform 2.6, ansible automation platform 2.5 3.1.60-1.el9ap
  • automation-gateway-server ansible automation platform 2.5 2.5.20260923-1.el8ap
  • automation-gateway-server ansible automation platform 2.5 2.5.20260923-1.el9ap

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:71114RHSA-2026:71113

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-84499 updated cvss 7.7

automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: write-only survey password recovered in plaintext via Schedule/WorkflowJobTemplateNode survey min/max validation error me

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 automation-controller-venv-tower 4.6.33-1.el8ap Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 automation-controller-venv-tower 4.6.33-1.el9ap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71114
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 1789673739
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71179
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 automation-controller-venv-tower 4.7.17-1.el9ap
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71113
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9 1789580684
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71177
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 receptor 1.6.8-1.el8ap, receptorctl 1.6.8-1.el8ap, automation-hub 4.10.19-1.el8ap, python3.12-sqlparse 0.6.0-1.el8ap, python3.12-gitpython 3.1.60-1.el8ap, automation-controller 4.6.33-1.el8ap, +14 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 receptor 1.6.8-1.el9ap, receptorctl 1.6.8-1.el9ap, automation-hub 4.10.19-1.el9ap, python3.12-sqlparse 0.6.0-1.el9ap, python3.12-gitpython 3.1.60-1.el9ap, automation-controller 4.6.33-1.el9ap, +14 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-rhel9 1789611274, ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9 1789666472, ansible-automation-platform-26/hub-web-rhel9 1789615881, ansible-automation-platform-26/receptor-rhel9 1789610120, ansible-automation-platform-26/mcp-tools-rhel9 1789609282, ansible-automation-platform-26/de-minimal-rhel9 1789658734, +24 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 receptor 1.6.8-1.el9ap, receptorctl 1.6.8-1.el9ap, automation-hub 4.11.14-1.el9ap, python3.12-sqlparse 0.6.0-1.el9ap, python3.12-gitpython 3.1.60-1.el9ap, automation-controller 4.7.17-1.el9ap, +28 more Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 10 receptor 1.6.8-1.el10ap, receptorctl 1.6.8-1.el10ap, python-sqlparse 0.6.0-1.el10ap, python3-sqlparse 0.6.0-1.el10ap Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 ansible-automation-platform-27/hub-rhel9 1789572632, ansible-automation-platform-27/gateway-rhel9 1789579764, ansible-automation-platform-27/hub-web-rhel9 1789575016, ansible-automation-platform-27/receptor-rhel9 1789519651, ansible-automation-platform-27/mcp-tools-rhel9 1789521154, ansible-automation-platform-27/de-minimal-rhel9 1789582543, +25 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
43 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-209 Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.