Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: project scm_url argument injection into `git ls-remote --upload-pack` yields rce
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The Project scm_url field is not validated against values that begin with a dash and is stored and passed verbatim to the git SCM module. Because the module runs git ls-remote with the URL as a positional argument and without a "--" separator, a git project URL such as "--upload-pack=<command>:x" is interpreted by git as the --upload-pack option and executed via a shell. A user with permission to create or modify a project in a single organization can thereby execute arbitrary commands on the control-plane task pod, with output reflected through the project update stdout endpoint, leading to cross-tenant compromise and in-cluster lateral movement
- Published
- Sep 23, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 24, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 48th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-88
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Action score
39
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Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.9 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · redhat
- 9.9
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
- 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap and laternot affected · rpm
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
- 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap and laternot affected · rpm
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
- 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap and laternot affected · rpm
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
- 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap and laternot affected · rpm
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
- 1789673739 and laternot affected · rpm
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
- 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap and laternot affected · rpm
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
- 1789580684 and laternot affected · rpm
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8 | automation-controller-venv-tower | before 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap | 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap |
| Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el9 | automation-controller-venv-tower | before 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap | 0:4.5.36-1.el9ap |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| red hat:automation-controller-venv-tower | 0:4.5.36-1.el8ap · Red Hat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4::el8 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Parameter InjectionCAPEC-137likelihood: Medium · Medium
- Flash Parameter InjectionCAPEC-174likelihood: High · Medium
- Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious PayloadsCAPEC-41likelihood: High · High
- HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP)CAPEC-460Medium
- OS Command InjectionCAPEC-88likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71115
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84502
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527096
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.