CVE-2026-84502 PUBLISHED

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: project scm_url argument injection into `git ls-remote --upload-pack` yields rce on the controller-task control-plane pod

Assigner: redhat
Reserved: 01.09.2026 Published: 23.09.2026 Updated: 24.09.2026

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The Project scm_url field is not validated against values that begin with a dash and is stored and passed verbatim to the git SCM module. Because the module runs git ls-remote with the URL as a positional argument and without a "--" separator, a git project URL such as "--upload-pack=<command>:x" is interpreted by git as the --upload-pack option and executed via a shell. A user with permission to create or modify a project in a single organization can thereby execute arbitrary commands on the control-plane task pod, with output reflected through the project update stdout endpoint, leading to cross-tenant compromise and in-cluster lateral movement

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.9

Product Status

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap to * (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap to * (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap to * (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap to * (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap to * (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 1789673739 to * (excl.)
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 1789580684 to * (excl.)

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection') CWE