Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
CVE-2026-84486
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. Four debug views that trigger the internal task, dependency, and workflow schedulers are configured to allow any user (including unauthenticated clients) and are routed in production builds because their URL include is not gated on the debug setting. An unauthenticated remote attacker can repeatedly invoke these endpoints to acquire the cluster-wide scheduler advisory lock; because the legitimate scheduler acquires the same lock without waiting, the attacker causes real scheduler runs to be skipped, stalling job dispatch for all tenants, while also consuming controller web workers. The debug root view additionally discloses the list of debug endpoints to unauthenticated callers.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84486 (vdb-entry)
- RHBZ#2527085 (issue-tracking)
- RHSA-2026:71113 (vendor-advisory)
- RHSA-2026:71177 (vendor-advisory)
- RHSA-2026:71179 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-84486?
- CVE-2026-84486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under Active Debug Code. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-09-23.
- How severe is CVE-2026-84486?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.