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CVE-2026-84706highCWE-184

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: credential type env-injector deny-list omits process-hijacking variables (bash_env/ld_preload) allowing code execution in the execution environment

21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.6epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 79% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom Credential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a deny-list (an ANSIBLE_* prefix check plus a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that omits process-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, ENV, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONSTARTUP and GIT_SSH_COMMAND. Combined with the credential file injector, a privileged user can write an attacker-controlled script into the execution environment and point BASH_ENV at it, obtaining arbitrary code execution inside the execution-environment container for any job that attaches a credential of that type.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N