Medium severity · published Sep 23, 2026
CVE-2026-84718
Automation-controller: automation-controller: client ip spoofing in audit/access logs via unrestricted x-forwarded-for trust
4.3
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
Affected product
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8
Red Hat
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84718
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84718
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71113
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71114
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71177
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:71179
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84718
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2527211
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