A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. In the shipped
production configuration, the Controller trusts the client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header as
the request's client IP without verifying that it originated from a trusted proxy, and selects
the leftmost (attacker-controlled) header value. As a result, an attacker can forge the source
IP address recorded for their requests in the Controller's audit and access logs, degrading
the integrity of forensic and SIEM attribution. The flaw does not grant additional access.
production configuration, the Controller trusts the client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header as
the request's client IP without verifying that it originated from a trusted proxy, and selects
the leftmost (attacker-controlled) header value. As a result, an attacker can forge the source
IP address recorded for their requests in the Controller's audit and access logs, degrading
the integrity of forensic and SIEM attribution. The flaw does not grant additional access.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | affected | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | affected | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | affected | — |
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| Description | A flaw was found in the Ansible Automation Platform automation-controller. In the shipped production configuration, the Controller trusts the client-supplied X-Forwarded-For header as the request's client IP without verifying that it originated from a trusted proxy, and selects the leftmost (attacker-controlled) header value. As a result, an attacker can forge the source IP address recorded for their requests in the Controller's audit and access logs, degrading the integrity of forensic and SIEM attribution. The flaw does not grant additional access. | |
| Title | Automation-controller: automation-controller: client ip spoofing in audit/access logs via unrestricted x-forwarded-for trust | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-348 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2 | |
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Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-23T19:40:33.062Z
Reserved: 2026-09-02T01:18:24.873Z
Link: CVE-2026-84718
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