CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedA critical vulnerability exists in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller, where the Project scm_url field is improperly validated, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary commands through crafted git URLs. This flaw enables users with project modification permissions to execute commands on the control-plane task pod, potentially leading to cross-tenant compromise and lateral movement within the cluster. Organizations using this platform should prioritize immediate remediation to mitigate the risk of exploitation.
Original NVD Description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform's automation- controller. The Project scm_url field is not validated against values that begin with a dash and is stored and passed verbatim to the git SCM module. Because the module runs git ls-remote with the URL as a positional argument and without a "--" separator, a git project URL such as "--upload-pack=<command>:x" is interpreted by git as the --upload-pack option and executed via a shell. A user with permission to create or modify a project in a single organization can thereby execute arbitrary commands on the control-plane task pod, with output reflected through the project update stdout endpoint, leading to cross-tenant compromise and in-cluster lateral movement