CVE-2026-84712
Automation-controller: automation-controller: unauthenticated /api/v2/ping/ discloses automation-mesh instance topology and instance-group membership
What happened?
A flaw was found in the automation-controller API. The unauthenticated health-check endpoint /api/v2/ping/ (ApiV2PingView, AllowAny) over-serializes RBAC-gated automation-mesh data into its anonymous response, exposing the full instance inventory (node hostnames, node types, UUIDs, heartbeats, capacities, and exact versions), all instance-group names and membership, the deployment install UUID, and the active control node. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can use this to map the control plane and fingerprint software versions for targeted attacks. This flaw affects confidentiality only; it does not expose secrets, credentials, or tenant data.
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.el8ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap to < * | See vendor advisory |
| automation-controllerRed Hat | unaffected: 0:4.7.17-1.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-2026-84712
- 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-2026-84712
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527196