Description
A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. When a
WorkflowJobTemplate is copied, the deep-copy permission sanitizer validates only the inventory,
unified_job_template, and credentials of each cloned node and fails to check the instance_groups
(and execution_environment and labels) that were preserved from the original. A user with
organization workflow-admin permission but no role on the referenced instance groups can copy a
workflow, become its administrator, and launch jobs pinned to instance groups they are not
authorized to use — including the control-plane instance group — bypassing the InstanceGroup
use_role boundary and causing attacker-influenced automation to run in the control-plane
execution context.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 | — | — |
| 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.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4.5.36-1.el8ap | RHSA-2026:71115, 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 4
- RHSA-2026:71114 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 Product Security and Bug Fix Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 13, 2026
- RHSA-2026:71115 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 Product Security and Bug Fix Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 13, 2026
- RHSA-2026:71113 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Product Security and Bug Fix Update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 13, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-3555 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (automation-controller): Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
References
- RHSA-2026:71113 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:71114 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:71115 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:71177 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:71179 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84719 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2527213 issue-tracking