system-job subsystem. The system-job template launch endpoint stores a user-supplied "days"
variable without running the integer validation defined elsewhere for that field, and the
dispatcher flattens the management-command argument list into a single string with spaces before
the job runner re-splits it, so spaces in the value become additional command-line arguments.
Because system jobs are executed in-process on the control node without the container isolation
applied to all other job types, an authenticated user with superuser privileges can inject
arbitrary arguments — including Python's path option — into the control-plane awx-manage process,
controlling its argument vector and the first entry of its module search path. Full remote code
execution requires an additional import gadget that is not present in the current management
commands, so the demonstrated impact is argument injection with control of the process search
path rather than confirmed code execution.
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| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | affected | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | affected | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | affected | — |
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | An argument-injection flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller system-job subsystem. The system-job template launch endpoint stores a user-supplied "days" variable without running the integer validation defined elsewhere for that field, and the dispatcher flattens the management-command argument list into a single string with spaces before the job runner re-splits it, so spaces in the value become additional command-line arguments. Because system jobs are executed in-process on the control node without the container isolation applied to all other job types, an authenticated user with superuser privileges can inject arbitrary arguments — including Python's path option — into the control-plane awx-manage process, controlling its argument vector and the first entry of its module search path. Full remote code execution requires an additional import gadget that is not present in the current management commands, so the demonstrated impact is argument injection with control of the process search path rather than confirmed code execution. | |
| Title | Automation-controller: automation-controller: systemjob extra_vars.days argument injection into uncontainerized control-plane awx-manage process | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-88 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2 | |
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Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-23T19:40:42.159Z
Reserved: 2026-09-02T01:55:24.865Z
Link: CVE-2026-84724
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-23T20:17:19.033
Modified: 2026-09-23T20:17:19.033
Link: CVE-2026-84724
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