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title: "CVE-2026-84706: Ansible Automation Platform - Command Injection"
description: "Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller contains a command injection caused by insufficient environment-variable validation in custom Credential Type injector, letting privileged users execute arbitrary code inside execution-environment containers, exploit requires privileged user access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-84706/
---

# CVE-2026-84706 Ansible Automation Platform - Command Injection

Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller contains a command injection caused by insufficient environment-variable validation in custom Credential Type injector, letting privileged users execute arbitrary code inside execution-environment containers, exploit requires privileged user access.

CVSS base score 7.6 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.31% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84706)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Published

23 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-184](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/184.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version with fixed environment-variable validation.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84706](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84706)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84706](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84706)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2527187](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527187)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177)
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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