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            "title": "Automation-controller: automation-controller-container: automation-controller/awx: bulk job launch checks instance_groups at read level instead of use level, allowing execution-placement authorization bypass",
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                    "value": "A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform's automation-controller (AWX).\nThe Bulk Job Launch API (POST /api/v2/bulk/job_launch/) authorizes the\nrequested instance_groups with only a read-level permission check, whereas the\nstandard single-job launch path requires use-level permission on the same\nfield. A principal that holds read (but not use) permission on an instance\ngroup -- for example the built-in read-only System Auditor role -- together\nwith execute permission on a job template can launch bulk jobs onto instance\ngroups they are not authorized to use, bypassing execution-placement\nisolation."
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                    "value": "- Restrict who holds the System Auditor role and avoid combining it with\n  job-template execute grants; review custom roles that pair read on instance\n  groups with execute on job templates.\n- Where feasible, restrict access to the Bulk Job Launch endpoint\n  (/api/v2/bulk/job_launch/) at the network/proxy layer to trusted automation\n  callers until the fix is applied.\n- Audit workflow/bulk jobs for placement onto instance groups the launching\n  principal does not hold use_role on."
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                    "time": "2026-09-01T20:07:41.240Z",
                    "value": "Reported to Red Hat."
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                    "time": "2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z",
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Red Hat would like to thank Santosh Kumar Puppala (Independent security researcher) for reporting this issue."
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