CVE-2026-75884
Received
Received - Intake
Privilege Escalation in AWX via Pod Spec Override
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-75884, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-23
Last updated on: 2026-09-23
Assigner: redhat-SADP
Description
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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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | awx | * |
| red_hat | ansible_automation_platform | From 2.4|end_including=2.4 (inc) |
| red_hat | ansible_automation_platform | From 2.5|end_including=2.5 (inc) |
| red_hat | ansible_automation_platform | From 2.6|end_including=2.6 (inc) |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-184 | The product implements a protection mechanism that relies on a list of inputs (or properties of inputs) that are not allowed by policy or otherwise require other action to neutralize before additional processing takes place, but the list is incomplete. |
