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Medium · 6.6 CVE-2026-84724 EUVD-2026-85616GHSA-q3jc-p8r9-qrvp

Automation-controller: automation-controller: systemjob extra_vars.days argument injection into uncontainerized control-plane awx-manage process

Published Sep 23, 2026 · Updated Nov 6, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

An argument-injection flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller
system-job subsystem. The system-job template launch endpoint stores a user-supplied "days"
variable without running the integer validation defined elsewhere for that field, and the
dispatcher flattens the management-command argument list into a single string with spaces before
the job runner re-splits it, so spaces in the value become additional command-line arguments.
Because system jobs are executed in-process on the control node without the container isolation
applied to all other job types, an authenticated user with superuser privileges can inject
arbitrary arguments — including Python's path option — into the control-plane awx-manage process,
controlling its argument vector and the first entry of its module search path. Full remote code
execution requires an additional import gadget that is not present in the current management
commands, so the demonstrated impact is argument injection with control of the process search
path rather than confirmed code execution.

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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