Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-84691 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-84691 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-84691?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.7, published 23 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-84691?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-84691 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-84691?
- Check whether you run Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An administrator-controlled Python format-string template used to render API 4XX error log messages is vulnerable to arbitrary attribute traversal. Python's string formatting permits walking from the user object argument into application settings, exposing the Django secret key and database password. The formatted message can be written to a logger that forwards to an external log aggregator (also administrator-controlled), allowing secrets to be exfiltrated off-host.
Affected products
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
Timeline
- 2026-09-23: disclosed