# CVE-2026-76648: Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: aap controller: copyapiview.post() missing read authorization check enables job template secret recovery

- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-23 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9: version range not reported
- automation-controller: version range not reported
- automation-controller-cli: version range not reported

## Description

CopyAPIView (awx/awx/api/generics.py:873) sets permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,), so DRF's get_object() performs no object-level RBAC. The get() handler (lines 988–991) explicitly guards with request.user.can_access(obj._class_, 'read', obj) — but post() (lines 1001–1010) does not. POST only checks: can_access(model, 'add', create_kwargs_check) can_access(model, 'copy_related', obj) For JobTemplate, can_add (awx/awx/main/access.py:1465–1520) gates on inventory.use_role + project.use_role + execution_environment.read_role — resource-level roles that do not imply read on the source JT — and can_copy_related (1522–1534) checks only credentials.use_role. None of these imply the caller can read the source JT.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ansible-automation-platform-27/controller-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-26/controller-rhel9, automation-controller or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-76648
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2519720

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