Apache Traffic Server ACL ignores PROXY IP – CVE-2025-31698
CVE-2025-31698 Published on June 19, 2025

Apache Traffic Server: Client IP address from PROXY protocol is not used for ACL
ACL configured in ip_allow.config or remap.config does not use IP addresses that are provided by PROXY protocol. Users can use a new setting (proxy.config.acl.subjects) to choose which IP addresses to use for the ACL if Apache Traffic Server is configured to accept PROXY protocol.  This issue affects undefined: from 10.0.0 through 10.0.6, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.10. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 9.2.11 or 10.0.6, which fixes the issue.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-31698 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is an Authorization Vulnerability?

The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

CVE-2025-31698 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-31698

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Affected Versions

Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.20%
Percentile
42.18%

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