CVE-2026-84502 Command injection in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on control-plane pods by injecting arguments into git commands via project URLs, enabling cross-tenant compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-84502?
CVE-2026-84502 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8, published on 23 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The Project scm_url field is not validated against values that begin with a dash and is stored and passed verbatim to the git SCM module. Because the module runs git ls-remote with the URL as a positional argument and without a "--" separator, a git project URL such as "--upload-pack=<command>:x" is interpreted by git as the --upload-pack option and executed via a shell. A user with permission to create or modify a project in a single organization can thereby execute arbitrary commands on the control-plane task pod, with output reflected through the project update stdout endpoint, leading to cross-tenant compromise and in-cluster lateral movement
Weakness: CWE-88
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-84502?
How do I fix CVE-2026-84502?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-84502 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84502 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vpmq-jxf9-c55v.