CVE-2026-84718
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CVE-2026-84718 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.3/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 | All versions |
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- Awaiting Analysis
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