What in the world is that bug 
I confirm this, although hereās more details about it :
- It only happens when the topmost track in the track list is an āautomation-likeā track, that is, Group, FX, VCA or In/Out Busses. In which case, any contiguous āautomation-likeā track starting from the topmost one will exhibit the issue. Putting any other track type in between prevents the issue from spreading.
- The automation needs to be copied from one of the aforementioned glitched tracks.
- The offset is imbedded at the time we do the Copy command.
- Once the offset is caught into the ācopyā it will remain wherever we try to paste it in the project.
- Because of the offset, it isnāt possible to paste the automation on Audio or MIDI Tracks that have only one automation lane visible (nothing happens), because it would be pasted directly on the track itself, which isnāt an automation lane.
The same happens with the topmost track, it would end above on a lane that do not exist. - Selecting a normal track/lane (non-automation) or folder, and trying to paste the automation on it, will still paste it on the automation lane above, if there is any.
This issue seems to share the same behavior as another bug you have discovered earlier :
Moving of events not possible if automation track in between (but works when copying/pasting)
Cubase doesnāt make any difference between actual Tracks and ālanesā, and that is the problem, or at least it is a major clue for developers to look at.