Authenticated code execution via Jinja2 template injection
Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026
Template injection in Ansible Operator Plugins allows remote authenticated users to execute code through custom-resource specifications. Operator watches pass CR spec values to ansible-runner without marking them unsafe, so Ansible evaluates embedded Jinja2 expressions inside the operator pod. Exploitation requires permission to create or modify a watched CR and gains the operator's service-account permissions, including cluster-wide access where granted.
Summary
What happened
Template injection in Ansible Operator Plugins allows remote authenticated users to execute code through custom-resource specifications. Operator watches pass CR spec values to ansible-runner without marking them unsafe, so Ansible evaluates embedded Jinja2 expressions inside the operator pod. Exploitation requires permission to create or modify a watched CR and gains the operator's service-account permissions, including cluster-wide access where granted.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-92982
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Vendor
- libuser Project
- Product
- Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers
- Classifications
- CWE-1336, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 15, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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