Automation-controller: automation-controller: client ip spoofing in audit/access logs via unrestricted x-forwarded-for trust
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 | affected |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 | affected |
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| Package | CPE | Advisory | Released Date |
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| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | |||
| automation-controller-0:4.7.17-1.el9ap | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9 | RHSA-2026:71113 | 2026-09-23T00:00:00Z |
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| Redhat | Ansible Automation Platform |
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Vendor Workaround
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability. Note that merely populating PROXY_IP_ALLOWED_LIST does not fully resolve the issue in the shipped Envoy-fronted deployment, because the leftmost (attacker-controlled) X-Forwarded-For entry is still selected as the client IP, and the trusted-proxy shared-secret mechanism (a valid HTTP_X_TRUSTED_PROXY header), which makes Controller prefer the trusted rightmost X-Forwarded-For entry, is not enabled by default. Updated automation-controller packages that address this flaw are available for the Ansible Automation Platform 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 update streams; the Ansible Automation Platform 2.4 stream will not receive a fix for this issue.
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.136% probability within 30 days)
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.7::el9 | |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.5::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.5::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el8 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.5::el9 |
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Redhat ansible Automation Platform Developer
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el10 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el10 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_developer:2.6::el9 cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform_inside:2.6::el9 |
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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 ansible Automation Platform |
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cvssV3_1
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