CVE-2026-84718
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.001 · 3 %ileDEUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.4
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-3555Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (automation-controller): Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-23csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen.
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references (6) nvd
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