Bug 2527190 (CVE-2026-84708)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-84708 automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: container group pod_spec_override mints the automation-controller ServiceAccount token and mounts control-plane namespace secrets into job pods, bypassing au ... | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | Thomas Eagle <teagle> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | high | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | dschmidt, ikhan, jlanda, kshier, rbobbitt, security-response-team, simaishi, stcannon, teagle, yguenane |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | --- | |
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A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller. A user
with the delegated Instance Group Admin role on a container group can set a free-form
pod specification override that is deep-merged, without filtering, into every job pod
launched on that group. The only hardening applied is forcing
automountServiceAccountToken to false, which does not remove an explicitly declared
projected serviceAccountToken volume or secret volume mounts. A non-superuser can
therefore cause the kubelet to mint a ServiceAccount token for the control-plane
automation-controller service account into the job container and mount arbitrary
secrets from the control-plane namespace, obtaining the control-plane service-account
identity on the Kubernetes API and cleartext control-plane secrets (including the
platform database password and Django SECRET_KEY), leading to full platform data
compromise.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Deadline: | 2026-10-01 | ||
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Description
Thomas Eagle
2026-09-02 00:22:28 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 10 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 Via RHSA-2026:71113 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113 This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 Via RHSA-2026:71114 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114 |