Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes Ansible Operator Plugins special elements in template engine

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, Ansible Automation Platform, Migration Toolkit for Applications, Migration Toolkit for Containers, Migration Toolkit for Virtualization, OpenShift Container Platform, OpenShift Service Mesh, OpenShift Virtualization, OpenStack Platform and Service Telemetry Framework. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Ansible Operator Plugins. The manipulation leads to special elements in template engine. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-92982. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, Ansible Automation Platform, Migration Toolkit for Applications, Migration Toolkit for Containers, Migration Toolkit for Virtualization, OpenShift Container Platform, OpenShift Service Mesh, OpenShift Virtualization, OpenStack Platform and Service Telemetry Framework. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Ansible Operator Plugins. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a special elements in template engine vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1336. The product uses a template engine to insert or process externally-influenced input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements or syntax that can be interpreted as template expressions or other code directives when processed by the engine. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A flaw was found in Ansible Operator Plugins. A low-privileged Kubernetes user can exploit a Jinja2 template injection vulnerability by crafting malicious custom resource (CR) specification values. These values are processed by Ansible without proper sanitization, allowing embedded Jinja2 expressions to be executed within the operator pod. This can lead to arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation, granting the attacker control over the operator's service account with cluster-wide permissions.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-92982 since 09/17/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/15/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1221 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Virtualization Software

Vendor

• Red Hat

Name

• Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes
• Ansible Automation Platform
• Migration Toolkit for Applications
• Migration Toolkit for Containers
• Migration Toolkit for Virtualization
• OpenShift Container Platform
• OpenShift Service Mesh
• OpenShift Virtualization
• OpenStack Platform
• Service Telemetry Framework

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.redhat.com/

CPE 2.3info

• 🔒
• 🔒
• 🔒

CPE 2.2info

• 🔒
• 🔒
• 🔒

CVSSv4info

CVSSv3info

CVSSv2info

Exploitinginfo

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Countermeasuresinfo

Timelineinfo

Sourcesinfo

Entryinfo

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion