GHSA-FMP7-4CGR-JC56
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-23 21:30 – Updated: 2026-09-24 09:31A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. Survey questions of type password are write-only and stored encrypted, displayed only as a placeholder on read. When a schedule or workflow job template node is revalidated against a tightened survey specification, the controller decrypts the stored password and includes its plaintext value in the minimum/maximum length validation error message returned in the HTTP response. A user with the delegated JobTemplate Admin role can tighten the survey length constraint and trigger revalidation of a schedule or node created by another, higher-privileged user, thereby recovering that user's stored password in plaintext.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-84499"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-209"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-23T19:19:40Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform\u0027s automation-\ncontroller. Survey questions of type password are write-only and stored\nencrypted, displayed only as a placeholder on read. When a schedule or\nworkflow job template node is revalidated against a tightened survey\nspecification, the controller decrypts the stored password and includes its\nplaintext value in the minimum/maximum length validation error message\nreturned in the HTTP response. A user with the delegated JobTemplate Admin\nrole can tighten the survey length constraint and trigger revalidation of a\nschedule or node created by another, higher-privileged user, thereby\nrecovering that user\u0027s stored password in plaintext.",
"id": "GHSA-fmp7-4cgr-jc56",
"modified": "2026-09-24T09:31:50Z",
"published": "2026-09-23T21:30:41Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84499"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84499"
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"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527090"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
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