CVE-2026-85475

A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation controller. The external logging (rsyslog) configuration is generated by interpolating user-controlled settings — LOG_AGGREGATOR_HOST, LOG_AGGREGATOR_MAX_DISK_USAGE_PATH and LOG_AGGREGATOR_RSYSLOGD_ERROR_LOG_FILE — into an rsyslog RainerScript config file without neutralizing RainerScript syntax. A privileged (superuser) user can inject rsyslog directives, including an omprog action, causing arbitrary command execution inside the control-plane rsyslog component. This allows disclosure of the controller SECRET_KEY and database credentials, decryption of all stored credentials, and full compromise of the control plane.

CVSS 3.1

7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 56% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-96

Published

2026-09-23

Modified

2026-10-16

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85475
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2528255

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