CVE-2026-75884 Awx: awx: privilege escalation to openshift namespace via pod_spec_override injection in container groups
An AAP administrator can escalate privileges to OpenShift namespace level and exfiltrate secrets by injecting pod specifications via an incomplete blocklist.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-75884?
CVE-2026-75884 is a critical vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, published on 23 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in AWX. The container group pod_spec_override field uses an incomplete blocklist that only restricts automountServiceAccountToken, allowing injection of initContainers, serviceAccountName overrides, and projected service account token volumes. An AAP platform administrator can exploit this to escalate privileges to OpenShift namespace-level access and exfiltrate namespace secrets.
Weakness: CWE-184
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-75884?
How do I fix CVE-2026-75884?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2026-75884 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-75884 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fwqq-57j2-8r7g.