A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-
controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to
users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the
job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the
provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For
header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind
the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list. By reading the secret and
spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a
minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job
template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials,
resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.
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Solution

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Workaround

- Restrict who holds view_jobtemplate on job templates that have provisioning callback enabled; disable provisioning callback (clear host_config_key) on JTs that do not require it. - Set PROXY_IP_ALLOWED_LIST to the AAP gateway/envoy address(es) so untrusted client X-Forwarded-For headers are stripped before host matching. - Rotate any host_config_key values that may have been exposed to read-only users; review activity_stream access. - Monitor for jobs with launch_type=callback and unexpected limit values or created_by=None.

History

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list. By reading the secret and spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials, resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.
Title Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: view_jobtemplate to execute privilege escalation via host_config_key exposure and x-forwarded-for spoofing of provisioning-callback host match
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
Weaknesses CWE-807
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T19:28:14.376Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T20:21:24.901Z

Link: CVE-2026-84474

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T19:28:11.360Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-23T19:19:39.930

Modified: 2026-09-23T20:17:17.070

Link: CVE-2026-84474

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T20:30:09Z

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