# CVE-2026-84706: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller credential type injection

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-84706-a-flaw-was-found-in-ansible-automation-platform-s-automation  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-23. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-84706 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.6 · Published 2026-09-23

A flaw in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller allows privileged users to inject environment variables that bypass security restrictions. An attacker can write malicious scripts and use loader variables like BASH_ENV to execute arbitrary code within job execution environments, compromising the security of automated workflows.

Vendors: [Red Hat](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/red-hat).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-84706 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-84706 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-84706?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.6, published 23 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-84706?** 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-2026-84706 attacked?** It is attacked over the network.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-84706?** Check whether you run Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. 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

The custom Credential Type environment-variable injector uses an incomplete deny-list (checking only ANSIBLE_* prefix and a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that fails to block process-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, ENV, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONSTARTUP, and GIT_SSH_COMMAND. A privileged user can combine this with the credential file injector to write attacker-controlled scripts into the execution environment and point BASH_ENV at it, achieving arbitrary code execution inside the execution-environment container.

## Affected products

- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller

## Timeline

- 2026-09-23: disclosed

## References

- [https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/](https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/)
- [https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/](https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/)

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- [Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform automation controller ReDoS in rrule validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-125063-a-flaw-was-found-in-the-rrule-validation-of-schedules-in)