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CVE-2026-84470
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 — Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller/awx: bulk job launch checks instance_groups at read level instead of use level, allowing execution-placement authorization bypass
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L L N C N L L 6.4 .0030 20.6 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 unspecified 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 unspecified 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 unspecified 1789673739
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 unspecified 1789580684
TIMELINE
Sep 1 Reserved by redhat
Sep 1 Published (CNA: redhat)
Sep 23 PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-84470 (Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8). Fixed in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap.
Description
A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller (AWX).
The Bulk Job Launch API (POST /api/v2/bulk/job_launch/) authorizes the
requested instance_groups with only a read-level permission check, whereas the
standard single-job launch path requires use-level permission on the same
field. A principal that holds read (but not use) permission on an instance
group -- for example the built-in read-only System Auditor role -- together
with execute permission on a job template can launch bulk jobs onto instance
groups they are not authorized to use, bypassing execution-placement
isolation.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| September 1, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by redhat |
| September 1, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: redhat) |
| September 23, 2026 | PATCH SHIPPED | PATCH SHIPPED — CVE-2026-84470 (Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8). Fixed in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 5 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | — | — | 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | — | — | 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 | — | — | 1789673739 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 | — | — | 1789580684 |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-84470 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Saturday, October 3, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
