CVE record · CVE-2026-84474

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: view_jobtemplate to execute privilege escalation via host_config_key exposure and x-forwarded-for spoofing of provisioni…

CVSS 9.9 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.0080 · 56th percentile

Critical, because:

CVSS score 9.9: 9.0 or more.

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 23 Sept 2026, 18:41 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 Package name: automation-controller https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Package name: ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1789673739 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 Package name: ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9 https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/	unaffected 1789580684 to before * rpm Other versions: affected

Identifiers: CVE-2026-84474
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-807
Tags: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
CWE-807
Published: 23 Sept 2026
Updated: 4 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
9.9	Critical	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0080, the 56th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

23 Sept 2026, 18:41 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
23 Sept 2026, 19:19 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71115 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84474 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527073 issue-trackingredhat

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.