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CVE-2025-9909

Aap-gateway: improper path validation in gateway allows credential exfiltration

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Not listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

A flaw was found in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform Gateway route creation component. This vulnerability allows credential theft via the creation of misleading routes using a double-slash (//) prefix in the gateway_path. A malicious or socially engineered administrator can configure a honey-pot route to intercept and exfiltrate user credentials, potentially maintaining persistent access or creating a backdoor even after their permissions are revoked.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • ansible-builder

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  • ansible-creator

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  • ansible-dev-environment

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  • ansible-dev-tools

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  • ansible-lint

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  • ansible-navigator

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  • ansible-sign

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  • automation-gateway

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  • automation-hub

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  • bindep

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  • molecule

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  • python3.11-ansible-compat

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  • python3.11-distlib

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  • python3.11-django

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  • python3.11-execnet

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  • python3.11-galaxy-importer

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  • python3.11-galaxy-ng

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  • python3.11-gunicorn

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  • python3.11-pluggy

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  • python3.11-pytest

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  • python3.11-pytest-ansible

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  • python3.11-pytest-xdist

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  • python3.11-ruamel-yaml-clib

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  • python3.11-subprocess-tee

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  • python3.11-tox-ansible

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  • python3.11-typing-extensions

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  • ansible-builder

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  • ansible-creator

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  • ansible-dev-environment

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  • ansible-dev-tools

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  • ansible-lint

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  • ansible-navigator

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  • ansible-sign

    Version range not reported

  • automation-gateway

    Version range not reported

  • automation-hub

    Version range not reported

  • bindep

    Version range not reported

  • molecule

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-ansible-compat

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-distlib

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-django

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-execnet

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  • python3.11-galaxy-importer

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-galaxy-ng

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-gunicorn

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-pluggy

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-pytest

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-pytest-ansible

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-pytest-xdist

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-ruamel-yaml-clib

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-subprocess-tee

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  • python3.11-tox-ansible

    Version range not reported

  • python3.11-typing-extensions

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  • automation-gateway

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  • ansible-automation-platform-25/gateway-rhel8

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  • ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9

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References 6

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