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.
Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.
Vendor Workaround
- Restrict who holds view_jobtemplate on job templates that have provisioning callback enabled; disable provisioning callback (clear host_config_key) on JTs that do not require it. - Set PROXY_IP_ALLOWED_LIST to the AAP gateway/envoy address(es) so untrusted client X-Forwarded-For headers are stripped before host matching. - Rotate any host_config_key values that may have been exposed to read-only users; review activity_stream access. - Monitor for jobs with launch_type=callback and unexpected limit values or created_by=None.
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.4::el9 |
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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: view_jobtemplate to execute privilege escalation via host_config_key exposure and x-forwarded-for spoofing of provisioning-callback host match | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
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| Weaknesses | CWE-807 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-23T21:45:50.006Z
Reserved: 2026-09-01T20:21:24.901Z
Link: CVE-2026-84474
Updated: 2026-09-23T19:28:11.360Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-23T19:19:39.930
Modified: 2026-09-23T20:17:17.070
Link: CVE-2026-84474
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-23T20:30:09Z
