Automation-controller: automation-controller: systemjob extra_vars.days argument injection into uncontainerized control-plane awx-manage process
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.
Description
An argument-injection flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller system-job subsystem. The system-job template launch endpoint stores a user-supplied "days" variable without running the integer validation defined elsewhere for that field, and the dispatcher flattens the management-command argument list into a single string with spaces before the job runner re-splits it, so spaces in the value become additional command-line arguments. Because system jobs are executed in-process on the control node without the container isolation applied to all other job types, an authenticated user with superuser privileges can inject arbitrary arguments — including Python's path option — into the control-plane awx-manage process, controlling its argument vector and the first entry of its module search path. Full remote code execution requires an additional import gadget that is not present in the current management commands, so the demonstrated impact is argument injection with control of the process search path rather than confirmed code execution.
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
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113Advisoryvia CVE List
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114Advisoryvia CVE List
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177Advisoryvia CVE List
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179Advisoryvia CVE List
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84724Advisoryvia CVE List
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527222Referencevia CVE List