# CVE-2026-84474

Ansible Automation Platform RCE via exposed provisioning secret and X-Forwarded-For spoofing

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2026-84474
- CVSS: 9.9
- Known exploited: not in CISA KEV as of our last sync
- EPSS: 0.80% (percentile 56.9)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation none, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2026-09-23)
- Weakness: CWE-807
- Published: 2026-09-23

## Affected

- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (automation-controller)
- Deployments behind AAP gateway with empty proxy allow-list

## Impact

Read host_config_key and spoof X-Forwarded-For to run job templates on arbitrary managed hosts, resulting in credential theft, privilege escalation, and RCE.

## Action

Immediate action required

## Recommendation

Apply Red Hat security updates, restrict proxy allow-list, rotate provisioning secrets.

## References

- [advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113
- [advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114
- [advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71115
- [advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177
- [advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179
- [other] https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84474
- [other] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527073

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