CVE-2025-9909
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.7 · CWE-647
6.7CVSS MEDIUM
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredHigh
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21768Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21775Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23069Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23131Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9909Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2392836Advisory