CVE-2026-84643
Description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. A project has a signature validation credential foreign key used to validate signed project content. Unlike the project's SCM credential, the authorization logic does not verify that the requesting user has use permission on the referenced credential, and the API field has no validator or type restriction. An authenticated user holding only the organization project administrator role can therefore bind an arbitrary credential belonging to another organization, by its identifier, when creating or updating a project. The controller discloses that credential's name and type in the project's summary information and, during project synchronization, decrypts the bound credential and uses it in the attacker-controlled project's update, allowing a cross-tenant authorization boundary violation and information disclosure.
Statement
This flaw affects automation-controller as shipped in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Exploitation requires an authenticated user holding the Organization Project Admin role; the impact is a cross-tenant authorization boundary violation, disclosing another organization's credential metadata and causing server-side use of that credential during project synchronization.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5 | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | N/A | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | N/A |
| Privileges Required | Low | N/A | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | N/A |
| Scope | Changed | N/A | N/A |
| Confidentiality | Low | N/A | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | N/A | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | N/A | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
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