A flaw was found in the automation-controller input-validation guard sanitize_jinja(). The function uses two regular expressions to reject user-supplied Jinja, but the patterns stop at the first interior '}' or '%' character, so a Jinja expression containing an inner brace (for example an empty dict) is accepted while remaining valid Jinja. Because sanitize_jinja() is the sole guard on several launch-time fields — ad-hoc command module_args, Machine-credential username / become_method / become_user, and inventory host names — a low-privileged user can inject Jinja that ansible-core evaluates in the execution environment. This enables execution of arbitrary commands in the execution environment (bypassing an administrator's AD_HOC_COMMANDS module allowlist) and disclosure of secrets belonging to credentials the attacker cannot read (by templating a co-attached credential's injected environment variables), across the credential access-control boundary.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade receptorctlUpgrade automation-gatewayUpgrade python3.12-galaxy-ngUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+jwt_consumerUpgrade python3.12-sqlparseUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+activitystreamUpgrade automation-gateway-proxy-serverUpgrade automation-platform-uiUpgrade automation-controller-cliUpgrade aap-metrics-utilityUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+rest_filtersUpgrade automation-controller-venv-towerUpgrade automation-controllerUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+resource_registryUpgrade automation-gateway-serverUpgrade automation-controller-serverUpgrade automation-gateway-proxy-debugsourceUpgrade receptor-debugsourceUpgrade automation-eda-controller-event-stream-servicesUpgrade automation-gateway-configUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+api_documentationUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-baseUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+oauth2_providerUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+feature_flagsUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+redis_clientUpgrade python3.12-gitpythonUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+rbacUpgrade receptor-debuginfoUpgrade automation-gateway-proxyUpgrade automation-hubUpgrade automation-eda-controllerUpgrade python3-sqlparseUpgrade automation-gateway-proxy-server-debuginfoUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+channel_authUpgrade automation-eda-controller-base-servicesUpgrade automation-eda-controller-worker-servicesUpgrade automation-controller-uiUpgrade automation-eda-controller-baseUpgrade receptorUpgrade python3.12-django-ansible-base+authentication | Sep 25, 2026 | Sep 23, 2026 |
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