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CVE-2026-71465: Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: ad-hoc command limit field allows cli argument injection into ansible executable

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 12/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.21% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

RunAdHocCommand.build_args() appends limit as bare positional (args.append(limit)) instead of using args.extend(['-l', limit]) like RunJob. A limit beginning with - is parsed as an ansible CLI option. Currently limited to short-circuit flags (--version, --help) since injected element displaces required pattern positional. Would escalate if ansible-core ever defaults pattern.

LowCVSS 3.1 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Sep 23, 2026
Updated
Oct 16, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 11th percentile

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Action score

12

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
12 / 40 · 3.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · redhat
3.1
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Affected 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 2.5 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

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  • CVE-2025-49521Event-driven-ansible: template injection via git branch and refspec in eda projects
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

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    10Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-71464Sep 23, 2026 · Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: schedule and workflowjobtemplatenode scm_branch prompt bypasses leading-dash git-
    12Monitor
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    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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 researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-49520450 days apartEvent-driven-ansible: authenticated argument injection in git url in eda project creation
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-11332110 days apartAnsible-core: argument injection in ansible-galaxy role install leads to arbitrary code execution
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-847240 days apartAutomation-controller: automation-controller: systemjob extra_vars.days argument injection into uncontainerized control-plane awx-manage process
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2026-714640 days apartAutomation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: schedule and workflowjobtemplatenode scm_branch prompt bypasses leading-dash git-
    12Monitor

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).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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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.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-88 · Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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