Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: write-only survey password recovered in plaintext via schedule/workflowjobtemplatenode survey min/max validation error message (Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.38 % · percentile 32 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. Survey questions of type password are write-only and stored encrypted, displayed only as a placeholder on read. When a schedule or workflow job template node is revalidated against a tightened survey specification, the controller decrypts the stored password and includes its plaintext value in the minimum/maximum length validation error message returned in the HTTP response. A user with the delegated JobTemplate Admin role can tighten the survey length constraint and trigger revalidation of a schedule or node created by another, higher-privileged user, thereby recovering that user's stored password in plaintext.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-209 — Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-85561
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-84499
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | unaffected 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 | unaffected 1789673739 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 | unaffected 1789580684 < * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |