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High · 8.7 CVE-2026-84683 EUVD-2026-85571GHSA-3p43-vjq9-4h46

Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: stored cross-site scripting in the job stdout html view via ansi osc 8 hyperlink sequences (javascript: anchor) enabling session takeover

Published Sep 23, 2026 · Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-
controller. The HTML view of job, ad hoc command, project update, and inventory
update standard output escapes HTML metacharacters but does not remove ANSI
terminal escape sequences before conversion to HTML. An ANSI OSC 8 hyperlink
sequence in the output is expanded into an HTML anchor whose href is not scheme-
filtered or escaped, so a low-privileged user who can produce output -- or an
external party whose data a playbook echoes -- can embed a javascript: link that
is rendered into a text/html response with no Content-Security-Policy. When a
higher-privileged user views the output page and clicks the link, attacker-
controlled JavaScript executes in their authenticated session, allowing actions
as that user up to full platform takeover.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Inside 2 receptor 1.6.8-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114, RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Developer 2 automation-controller +1 4.7.17-1.el9ap RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Developer 2 python-sqlparse +1 0.6.0-1.el10ap RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Developer 2 python3.12-sqlparse 0.6.0-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114, RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Developer 2 receptor 1.6.8-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114, RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-controller +3 4.7.17-1.el9ap RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-controller-venv-tower 4.6.33-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114, RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-gateway-proxy-server 2.5.10-8.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114, RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-gateway-server 2.5.20260923-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-platform-ui 2.6.14-1.el9ap RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 python-sqlparse +1 0.6.0-1.el10ap RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 python3.12-gitpython 3.1.60-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114, RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 python3.12-sqlparse 0.6.0-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114, RHSA-2026:71113
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 receptor 1.6.8-1.el8ap RHSA-2026:71114, RHSA-2026:71113

Advisories 3

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