CVE-2026-84499 (GCVE-0-2026-84499)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-23 18:47
Modified
2026-10-16 11:54
CWE
  • CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Summary
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. Survey questions of type password are write-only and stored encrypted, displayed only as a placeholder on read. When a schedule or workflow job template node is revalidated against a tightened survey specification, the controller decrypts the stored password and includes its plaintext value in the minimum/maximum length validation error message returned in the HTTP response. A user with the delegated JobTemplate Admin role can tighten the survey length constraint and trigger revalidation of a schedule or node created by another, higher-privileged user, thereby recovering that user's stored password in plaintext.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84499 vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527090 issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 Unaffected: 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8
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    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 Unaffected: 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8
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    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 Unaffected: 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el10
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9
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    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el9
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.6::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Unaffected: 1789673739   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9
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   Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 Unaffected: 1789580684   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7::el9
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