GHSA-VPMQ-JXF9-C55V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-23 21:30 – Updated: 2026-09-24 06:31A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The Project scm_url field is not validated against values that begin with a dash and is stored and passed verbatim to the git SCM module. Because the module runs git ls-remote with the URL as a positional argument and without a "--" separator, a git project URL such as "--upload-pack=:x" is interpreted by git as the --upload-pack option and executed via a shell. A user with permission to create or modify a project in a single organization can thereby execute arbitrary commands on the control-plane task pod, with output reflected through the project update stdout endpoint, leading to cross-tenant compromise and in-cluster lateral movement
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-84502"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-88"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-23T19:19:40Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform\u0027s automation-\ncontroller. The Project scm_url field is not validated against values that\nbegin with a dash and is stored and passed verbatim to the git SCM module.\nBecause the module runs git ls-remote with the URL as a positional argument and\nwithout a \"--\" separator, a git project URL such as \"--upload-pack=\u003ccommand\u003e:x\"\nis interpreted by git as the --upload-pack option and executed via a shell. A\nuser with permission to create or modify a project in a single organization can\nthereby execute arbitrary commands on the control-plane task pod, with output\nreflected through the project update stdout endpoint, leading to cross-tenant\ncompromise and in-cluster lateral movement",
"id": "GHSA-vpmq-jxf9-c55v",
"modified": "2026-09-24T06:31:13Z",
"published": "2026-09-23T21:30:41Z",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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