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CVE-2026-84720

Automation-controller: automation-controller: workflowjobnode.ancestor_artifacts lacks prevent_search, exposing no_log set_stats artifacts via orm-traversal count-oracle

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8Operating systems
CVSS
6.5Medium
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.27%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
Published23 Sep 2026Updated 16 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.

Description

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. The WorkflowJobNode.ancestor_artifacts database column, which stores the raw merged set_stats artifacts propagated between workflow nodes, is not wrapped in prevent_search() and is therefore accepted for arbitrary field lookups by the REST filter backend, even though it is omitted from the API serializer. Because the column is persisted before Ansible's no_log masking is applied, a user with only read access to a workflow — or, via a regular-expression lookup that bypasses the JSON cross-relation filter guard through the world-readable credential-types endpoint, any authenticated user with no roles — can use the result count as a boolean/count oracle to recover, character by character, secret values that a playbook author explicitly marked no_log, including across organizations.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 5

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8unaffected: 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap and laterCVE List
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9unaffected: 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap and laterCVE List
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9unaffected: 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap and laterCVE List
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6unaffected: 1789673739 and laterCVE List
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7unaffected: 1789580684 and laterCVE List

References 6