Description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller.
The execute-permission check on a workflow job template node's unified job
template is skipped when the node's currently stored unified job template is
empty: the check inspects only the existing value, not the incoming one, and a
node can be created without a unified job template. An authenticated user who
holds admin permission on a single workflow job template can create an empty node
and then patch it to reference any job template, project, inventory source,
system job, or workflow on the platform -- including ones in other organizations
that they cannot otherwise read or launch. Running their own workflow then
executes the victim template with the victim's attached credentials, inventory
and project, resulting in cross-organization privilege escalation to arbitrary
automation execution. The patch response also discloses the victim template's
name and description.
Published: n/a
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The execute-permission check on a workflow job template node's unified job template is skipped when the node's currently stored unified job template is empty: the check inspects only the existing value, not the incoming one, and a node can be created without a unified job template. An authenticated user who holds admin permission on a single workflow job template can create an empty node and then patch it to reference any job template, project, inventory source, system job, or workflow on the platform -- including ones in other organizations that they cannot otherwise read or launch. Running their own workflow then executes the victim template with the victim's attached credentials, inventory and project, resulting in cross-organization privilege escalation to arbitrary automation execution. The patch response also discloses the victim template's name and description.
Title automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: workflow job template node execute permission check bypassed by creating a node with a null unified_job_template and then patching it, allowing a single workflow-admin to execute any other tenant's job template with the victim's credentials (cross-tenant privilege escalation)
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'}

threat_severity

Important


Subscriptions

Redhat Ansible Automation Platform
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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-84692 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses