CVE-2026-126643 · Infrastructure
NO FIX YET
The AAP Gateway Operator copies a protected resource-server Secret into the generated AutomationController custom resource as plain text. Anyone who can read that custom resource, without permission to read the Secret, can obtain the value and impersonate the trusted Controller service.
first public Nov 12, 2026 · 1 source
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Teams running the AAP Gateway Operator on OpenShift or Kubernetes that reconcile AutomationController resources. Exposure depends on who can read AutomationController custom resources, and on whether that value also lands in etcd, GitOps history or support bundles. Clusters that do not run the operator can skip it.
Not affected if operator-not-installed
Who cares aap, ansible-automation-platform, kubernetes, openshift
spec.extra_settings with RESOURCE_SERVER.SECRET_KEY set in plain textNo fix yet, per the sources.
A cleartext storage flaw was found in the AAP Gateway Operator. When reconciling an AutomationController, the operator reads the protected resource-server Secret (Secret/<aap-name>-resource-server, key controller_resource_server_secret) and copies its plaintext value into the generated AutomationController custom resource under spec.extra_settings (RESOURCE_SERVER.SECRET_KEY). Although the operator uses no_log to keep the value out of its own logs, serializing it into the custom resource exposes it to any principal able to read the AutomationController CR without permission to read the backing Kubernetes Secret, breaking the expected OpenShift RBAC separation between the two resources. The value may also propagate into Kubernetes API/etcd storage, GitOps and Argo diffs and history, rendered manifests, support bundles, and audit data. The resource-server secret is intended for trusted Gateway-to-Controller service authentication, and its disclosure may allow a user to impersonate a trusted Controller service and reach privileged service-index APIs.
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