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.
Affected products
redhat: ansible automation platform; redhat: ansible developer; redhat: ansible inside; redhat: enterprise linux
References6
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21768 Vendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21775 Vendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23069 Vendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23131 Vendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9909 Vendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2392836 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.7
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 8 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-647
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