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Medium 6.5Published Sep 23, 2026

CVE-2026-84720Automation-controller: automation-controller: workflowjobnode.ancestor_artifacts lacks prevent_search, exposing no_log set_stats artifacts via orm-traversal count-oracle

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It affects Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 and 2 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. The WorkflowJobNode.ancestor_artifacts database column, which stores the raw merged set_stats artifacts propagated between workflow nodes, is not wrapped in prevent_search() and is therefore accepted for arbitrary field lookups by the REST filter backend, even though it is omitted from the API serializer. Because the column is persisted before Ansible's no_log masking is applied, a user with only read access to a workflow — or, via a regular-expression lookup that bypasses the JSON cross-relation filter guard through the world-readable credential-types endpoint, any authenticated user with no roles — can use the result count as a boolean/count oracle to recover, character by character, secret values that a playbook author explicitly marked no_log, including across organizations.

CVSS
6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-639
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
redhat
NVD analysis
Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated
Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
from 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap not affected
CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer
from 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap not affected
CNA record
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside
from 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap not affected
CNA record

References

  • vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
  • vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
  • vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
  • vendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat
  • vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
  • issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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