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CVE-2026-84679 is an arbitrary environment-variable injection vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Automation Controller. The AWX_TASK_ENV setting accepts arbitrary environment variables and applies them to Automation Controller control-plane web and task processes, allowing an actor able to control this setting to alter the execution environment of those processes.
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The AWX_TASK_ENV setting permits arbitrary environment-variable injection in Automation Controller.
Automation Controller arbitrary environment-variable injection through the AWX_TASK_ENV setting.
The AWX_TASK_ENV setting applies arbitrary environment variables to control-plane web and task processes, enabling impacts including TLS interception.
Automation Controller arbitrary environment-variable injection through the AWX_TASK_ENV setting.
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