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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2026-84711

critical

CVE-2026-84711

automation-controller: automation-controller: Project scm_branch/scm_refspec argument injection into git during project sync allows arbitrary file read on the sync host (control-plane ServiceAccount token, SECRET_KEY, and DB credentials on control-plane deployments) leading to full AAP and Kubernetes-namespace compromise

In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

Red Hat9.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by Red Hat.

Description

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The Project SCM branch and SCM refspec fields are accepted without rejecting values that begin with a dash and are passed to the git module during project synchronization, where they reach a `git checkout`/`git fetch` command line as bare arguments with no end-of-options separator. An authenticated user permitted to create or edit a project can set the SCM branch to a git option such as `--pathspec-from-file=<path>`, causing git to read an arbitrary file on the synchronization host and reflect its contents back through the project-update output. Because project synchronization runs on the control-plane host on default OpenShift Operator deployments, an attacker can read the control-plane Kubernetes ServiceAccount token, the Controller SECRET_KEY, and the database credentials, leading to full compromise of the Automation Platform and its Kubernetes namespace. System administrator privileges are not required and the impact crosses tenants.

Affected packages and fixed versions

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References

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