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Vulnerability · Published Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2026-75884Awx: awx: privilege escalation to openshift namespace via pod_spec_override injection in container groups

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in AWX. The container group pod_spec_override field uses an incomplete blocklist that only restricts automountServiceAccountToken, allowing injection of initContainers, serviceAccountName overrides, and projected service account token volumes. An AAP platform administrator can exploit this to escalate privileges to OpenShift namespace-level access and exfiltrate namespace secrets.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 see references

Weakness: CWE-184 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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