CVE-2026-75884

Awx: awx: privilege escalation to openshift namespace via pod_spec_override injection in container groups

Published: Sep 23, 2026Updated: Sep 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-184

9.1CRITICAL

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:HPrivileges Required

High

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:CScope

Changed

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-184

Affected Products

Red Hat

commercial·US

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 8On-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ci-cd

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 for RHEL 9On-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ci-cd

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8On-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9On-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9On-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2On-premDev Tool

DevTools & CI / ci-cd

Exploitability

Workaround Available

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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113

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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71115

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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-75884

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