Record status Published
Identifier year (not publication year) 2026
Source publication Sep 23, 2026
Source updated Sep 25, 2026
Imported by cveboard Oct 24, 2026
CNA source text (English) Automation-controller: automation-controller: workflowjobtemplate /copy/ deep-copy sanitizer omits instance_groups authorization (instancegroup use_role bypass to control-plane)
A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. When a
WorkflowJobTemplate is copied, the deep-copy permission sanitizer validates only the inventory,
unified_job_template, and credentials of each cloned node and fails to check the instance_groups
(and execution_environment and labels) that were preserved from the original. A user with
organization workflow-admin permission but no role on the referenced instance groups can copy a
workflow, become its administrator, and launch jobs pinned to instance groups they are not
authorized to use — including the control-plane instance group — bypassing the InstanceGroup
use_role boundary and causing attacker-influenced automation to run in the control-plane
execution context.
Scoped product and version facts Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
Platforms Unknown
Default status affected
Package automation-controller
Package collection https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 · Scoped product and version facts Version (version) Status (status) Version scheme (versionType) Exclusive end (lessThan) Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) Status changes (at → status)
0:4.5.36-1.el8ap unaffectedrpm * Unavailable None listed
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9
Platforms Unknown
Default status affected
Package automation-controller
Package collection https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 · Scoped product and version facts Version (version) Status (status) Version scheme (versionType) Exclusive end (lessThan) Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) Status changes (at → status)
0:4.5.36-1.el9ap unaffectedrpm * Unavailable None listed
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Platforms Unknown
Default status affected
Package automation-controller
Package collection https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 · Scoped product and version facts Version (version) Status (status) Version scheme (versionType) Exclusive end (lessThan) Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) Status changes (at → status)
0:4.6.33-1.el8ap unaffectedrpm * Unavailable None listed
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9
Platforms Unknown
Default status affected
Package automation-controller
Package collection https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 · Scoped product and version facts Version (version) Status (status) Version scheme (versionType) Exclusive end (lessThan) Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) Status changes (at → status)
0:4.6.33-1.el9ap unaffectedrpm * Unavailable None listed
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9
Platforms Unknown
Default status affected
Package automation-controller
Package collection https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 · Scoped product and version facts Version (version) Status (status) Version scheme (versionType) Exclusive end (lessThan) Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) Status changes (at → status)
0:4.7.17-1.el9ap unaffectedrpm * Unavailable None listed
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6
Platforms Unknown
Default status affected
Package ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9
Package collection https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 · Scoped product and version facts Version (version) Status (status) Version scheme (versionType) Exclusive end (lessThan) Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) Status changes (at → status)
1789673739 unaffectedrpm * Unavailable None listed
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7
Platforms Unknown
Default status affected
Package ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9
Package collection https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 · Scoped product and version facts Version (version) Status (status) Version scheme (versionType) Exclusive end (lessThan) Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) Status changes (at → status)
1789580684 unaffectedrpm * Unavailable None listed