Automation-controller: automation-controller: client ip spoofing in audit/access logs via unrestricted x-forwarded-for trust (Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.14 % · percentile 3 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-348 — Use of Less Trusted Source
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-85613
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-84718
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el8ap < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | unaffected 0:4.6.33-1.el9ap < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | unaffected 0:4.7.17-1.el9ap < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 | unaffected 1789673739 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 | unaffected 1789580684 < * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |