CVE-2026-85475CWE-96

CVE-2026-85475

High · published September 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00431 · 36.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-96 · Improper Neutralization of Directives in Statically Saved Code ('Static Code Injection')
Published
2026-09-24T00:17Z
References (3)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177 · [email protected]https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85475 · [email protected]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2528255 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 SEP 03:28Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 23 SEP 19:40Z
    Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller: rsyslog configuration injection via log_aggregator_* settings leads to remote code execution in the control-plane rsyslog component
    cvelistv5