CVE-2026-84706

HIGHPre-NVD 7.67.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-23. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
Trending — Patch released this week
7.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 7.6Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom Credential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a deny-list (an ANSIBLE_* prefix check plus a fixed ENV_BLOCKLIST) that omits process-hijacking loader variables such as BASH_ENV, ENV, LD_PRELOAD, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONSTARTUP and GIT_SSH_COMMAND. Combined with the credential file injector, a privileged user can write an attacker-controlled script into the execution environment and point BASH_ENV at it, obtaining arbitrary code execution inside the execution-environment container for any job that attaches a credential of that type.

CVSS v3
7.6
EG Score
7.6(high)
EG Risk
39(Track)
EG Risk 39/100SSVC: 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
Severity76% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
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EPSS %ILE
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KEV
Not listed

Published

September 23, 2026

Last Modified

September 24, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 23, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2527187 – (CVE-2026-84706) CVE-2026-84706 automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: Credential Type env-injector deny-list omits process-hijacking variables (BASH_ENV/LD_PRELOAD) allowing code execution in the execution environment

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527187
redhat Patch Available

CVE-2026-84706 - 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-2026-84706

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-84706(2)

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

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatautomation-controller-0:4.7.17-1.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.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× 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 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 04:21 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-24 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-24 03:48 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-24 03:48 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 20:22 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-23 19:48 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-23 19:48 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-84706?
CVE-2026-84706 is a high vulnerability published on September 23, 2026. A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. The custom Credential Type environment-variable injector validates variable names against a deny-list (an ANSIBLE* prefix check plus a fixed ENVBLOCKLIST) that omits process-hijacking loader variables such as BASHENV, ENV,…
When was CVE-2026-84706 disclosed?
CVE-2026-84706 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-2026-84706?
CVE-2026-84706 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-84706?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-84706, 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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