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NVD HIGH: CVE-2026-84706 — A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The cus...

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Executive Summary

A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom Credential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a deny-list (an ANSIBLE_* prefix check plus a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that omits process-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, ENV, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONSTARTUP and GIT_SSH_COMMAND. Combined with the credential file inj

Analysis

A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom Credential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a deny-list (an ANSIBLE_* prefix check plus a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that omits process-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, ENV, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONSTARTUP and GIT_SSH_COMMAND. Combined with the credential file injector, a privileged user can write an attacker-controlled script into the execution environment and point BASH_ENV at it, obtaining arbitrary code execution inside the execution-environment container for any job that attaches a credential of that type. CVSS Score: 7.6. Published: 2026-09-23T20:17:17.677.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-84706
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Sep 23, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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