CVE-2026-84474

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.99.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-09-23. the CNA's CVSS baseline 9.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:redhat, ghsa
Trending — Patch released this week
9.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 9.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (host_config_key) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the provisioning callback endpoint trusts a client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header to determine the calling host when the controller is deployed behind the AAP gateway with an empty proxy allow-list. By reading the secret and spoofing X-Forwarded-For to match any host in the job template's inventory, a minimally privileged or unauthenticated remote attacker can launch the job template against arbitrary managed hosts using the job template's credentials, resulting in privilege escalation and remote code execution on managed hosts.

CVSS v3
9.9
EG Score
9.9(high)
EG Risk
45(Track)
EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity99% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
—
EPSS %ILE
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KEV
Not listed

Published

September 23, 2026

Last Modified

September 24, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Sep 24, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available

2527073 – (CVE-2026-84474) CVE-2026-84474 automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: view_jobtemplate to execute privilege escalation via host_config_key exposure and X-Forwarded-For spoofing of provisioning-callback host match

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527073
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-84474 - Red Hat Customer Portal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 or OpenShift Container Platform 4, is affected by this vulnerability and a fix may be released to a

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84474
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71115
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-84474(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatautomation-controller-0:4.7.17-1.el9ap2026-09-23redhat
redhatautomation-controller-0:4.5.36-1.el9ap2026-09-23redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 15× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-24 03:50 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 03:50 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-24 03:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-24 02:20 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-24 02:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-23 22:23 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-23 22:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-23 21:53 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-23 21:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-23 21:18 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-23 19:47 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-23 19:39 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-23 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-23 18:49 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-23 18:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-84474?
CVE-2026-84474 is a critical vulnerability published on September 23, 2026. A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The provisioning-callback secret (hostconfigkey) is exposed to users holding only the read-level view_jobtemplate permission -- both in the job template API representation and in the activity stream -- and the…
When was CVE-2026-84474 disclosed?
CVE-2026-84474 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 23, 2026, with the most recent update on September 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-84474?
CVE-2026-84474 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 9.9 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-84474?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-84474, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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