CVE-2026-71464
Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: schedule and workflowjobtemplatenode scm_branch prompt bypasses leading-dash git-argument guard
What happened?
LaunchConfigurationBaseSerializer.scm_branch has no validate_scm_branch() leading-dash check, unlike Project/JobTemplate/JobLaunch serializers. Schedule and WFJT Node accept --upload-pack=/bin/id as scm_branch. Currently blocked at runtime by jobs.py:1502 ValueError check (defense-in-depth), but the API validation gap means sole reliance on a task-layer guard. Refactoring that guard away would promote this to RCE.
Affected software and versions
| Software | Version information | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9Red Hat | unaffected: 1789673739 to < * | See vendor advisory |
| ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9Red Hat | unaffected: 1789580684 to < * | See vendor advisory |
Version information comes from the source record and can include unaffected products and exceptions. Distribution packages may contain backported fixes: an older upstream version alone does not prove a server is affected.
Is it being exploited?
This CVE was not listed in the CISA catalogue at our last retrieval. This does not establish that exploitation is absent.
How to respond
- Confirm the product, installed package version, and any configuration requirements in the vendor advisory.
- Follow the vendor’s remediation or workaround guidance in the references below. Structured fixed-version data is unavailable here; the publisher’s description may include a fix or workaround.
- Restart affected services if required, then verify the running version. Known exploitation may warrant investigation as well as patching.
Sources and remediation references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71464
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71464
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2512374