automation-controller email notification backend. The email backend passes the user-supplied SMTP
host and port from a notification template directly to the SMTP client without validating that
the target is not an internal, loopback, link-local, or reserved address. An authenticated user
with organization notification-admin permission can create or modify an email notification
template pointing at an arbitrary internal address, trigger a test, and have the controller task
process open a raw TCP connection to that address. The resulting connection error is reflected
back through the notification record, providing a three-state internal port-scan oracle (open,
closed, filtered) over the control-plane's cluster network, including the in-cluster Kubernetes
API. When a shared organization template holds a stored SMTP password, redirecting the host can
also cause that credential to be transmitted to an attacker-controlled server.
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| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | affected | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | affected | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | affected | — |
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Description | A server-side request forgery flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller email notification backend. The email backend passes the user-supplied SMTP host and port from a notification template directly to the SMTP client without validating that the target is not an internal, loopback, link-local, or reserved address. An authenticated user with organization notification-admin permission can create or modify an email notification template pointing at an arbitrary internal address, trigger a test, and have the controller task process open a raw TCP connection to that address. The resulting connection error is reflected back through the notification record, providing a three-state internal port-scan oracle (open, closed, filtered) over the control-plane's cluster network, including the in-cluster Kubernetes API. When a shared organization template holds a stored SMTP password, redirecting the host can also cause that credential to be transmitted to an attacker-controlled server. | |
| Title | Automation-controller: automation-controller: email notification backend allows ssrf via user-controlled smtp host/port (internal port-scan oracle, smtp password exfil) | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-918 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2 | |
| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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cvssV3_1
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-23T19:40:38.686Z
Reserved: 2026-09-02T01:36:54.923Z
Link: CVE-2026-84721
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