# CVE-2026-84719: Missing authorization in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8

> Attackers with workflow-admin rights can bypass instance group authorization to run jobs in the control-plane context via workflow template copying.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9fg4-x49f-5hhc

## What is CVE-2026-84719?

CVE-2026-84719 is a critical missing authorization 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 the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. When a
WorkflowJobTemplate is copied, the deep-copy permission sanitizer validates only the inventory,
unified_job_template, and credentials of each cloned node and fails to check the instance_groups
(and execution_environment and labels) that were preserved from the original. A user with
organization workflow-admin permission but no role on the referenced instance groups can copy a
workflow, become its administrator, and launch jobs pinned to instance groups they are not
authorized to use — including the control-plane instance group — bypassing the InstanceGroup
use_role boundary and causing attacker-influenced automation to run in the control-plane
execution context.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-84719?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-84719?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-84719 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84719 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-84719 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-84719 is a critical missing authorization 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84719 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-84719/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-84719/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84719
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84719
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-84719

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-84719/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.