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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-84474

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the...

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller.

At a glance

Exploited
Not known
Severity
9.9 Critical (CVSS 3.1)
Chance of exploitation
Not estimated
Sources
1 source

What to do

Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and fixes.

Read NVD CVE-2026-84474 (opens a new tab)

What happened

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller.

The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list.

By reading the secret and spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials, resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.

Scores and how they were measured

CVSS base severity

9.9

Version 3.1As of

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

Measurement source (opens a new tab)

How bad it is if exploited. Not a prediction of exploitation or proof you are exposed.

EPSS probability

Not available

A model's estimate of exploitation in the next 30 days, not certainty or your own risk.

Related technology

Sources

  1. Primary source

    NVD CVE-2026-84474 (opens a new tab)

    NVD record: description, CVSS (the CNA score is preferred), affected products, and publication date. Not evidence of exploitation.

    Published Checked

  2. Primary source

    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

    The NVD API page that supplied this CVE record.

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  3. Primary source

    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

    The NVD API page that supplied this CVE record.

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, November 5). A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the... (CVE-2026-84474). https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-84474

MLA

"A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the... (CVE-2026-84474)." KEVWire, 5 Nov. 2026, kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-84474.

Chicago

KEVWire. "A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the... (CVE-2026-84474)." Last modified November 5, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2026-84474.

Evidence summary (plain text)

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-
controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to
users holding only the... (Sep 23, 2026).
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-
controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to
users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the
job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the
provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For
header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind
the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list.
CVSS 9.9 (version 3.1; evidence as of Nov 5, 2026; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84474).
Sources:
NVD CVE-2026-84474: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84474
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-04T23:46:01.337Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-05T01:20:57.170Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-11-04T23:10:57.688Z&lastModEndDate=2026-11-05T00:45:56.105Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
Record ID: CVE-2026-84474.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
Known exploitation: Not assessed.
Zero-day status: Not assessed. KEV membership alone does not establish zero-day status.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Nov 5, 2026, 01:20 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

NVD status: Awaiting Analysis. Publication in the NVD is not evidence of exploitation.

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