{"id":"CVE-2025-9909","title":"Aap-gateway: improper path validation in gateway allows credential exfiltration","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 malici…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-647"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"ansible-builder","affected":["ansible-builder (all versions)","ansible-creator (all versions)","ansible-dev-environment (all versions)","ansible-dev-tools (all versions)","ansible-lint (all versions)","ansible-navigator (all versions)","ansible-sign (all versions)","automation-gateway (all versions)","automation-hub (all versions)","bindep (all versions)","molecule (all versions)","python3.11-ansible-compat (all versions)","python3.11-distlib (all versions)","python3.11-django (all versions)","python3.11-execnet (all versions)","python3.11-galaxy-importer (all versions)","python3.11-galaxy-ng (all versions)","python3.11-gunicorn (all versions)","python3.11-pluggy (all versions)","python3.11-pytest (all versions)","python3.11-pytest-ansible (all versions)","python3.11-pytest-xdist (all versions)","python3.11-ruamel-yaml-clib (all versions)","python3.11-subprocess-tee (all versions)","python3.11-tox-ansible (all versions)","python3.11-typing-extensions (all versions)","ansible-builder (all versions)","ansible-creator (all versions)","ansible-dev-environment (all versions)","ansible-dev-tools (all versions)","ansible-lint (all versions)","ansible-navigator (all versions)","ansible-sign (all versions)","automation-gateway (all versions)","automation-hub (all versions)","bindep (all versions)","molecule (all versions)","python3.11-ansible-compat (all versions)","python3.11-distlib (all versions)","python3.11-django (all versions)","python3.11-execnet (all versions)","python3.11-galaxy-importer (all versions)","python3.11-galaxy-ng (all versions)","python3.11-gunicorn (all versions)","python3.11-pluggy (all versions)","python3.11-pytest (all versions)","python3.11-pytest-ansible (all versions)","python3.11-pytest-xdist (all versions)","python3.11-ruamel-yaml-clib (all versions)","python3.11-subprocess-tee (all versions)"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-02-27T18:42:58.678456Z"},"published":"2026-02-27","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T16:09:22.656Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9909","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21768","label":"RHSA-2025:21768"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:21775","label":"RHSA-2025:21775"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23069","label":"RHSA-2025:23069"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23131","label":"RHSA-2025:23131"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9909"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2392836","label":"RHBZ#2392836"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00184,"epssPercentile":0.08063,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:31.334Z","slug":"CVE-2025-9909","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `ansible-builder (all versions)`\n- `ansible-creator (all versions)`\n- `ansible-dev-environment (all versions)`\n- `ansible-dev-tools (all versions)`\n- `ansible-lint (all versions)`\n- `ansible-navigator (all versions)`\n- `ansible-sign (all versions)`\n- `automation-gateway (all versions)`\n- `automation-hub (all versions)`\n- `bindep (all versions)`\n- `molecule (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-ansible-compat (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-distlib (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-django (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-execnet (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-galaxy-importer (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-galaxy-ng (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-gunicorn (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-pluggy (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-pytest (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-pytest-ansible (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-pytest-xdist (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-ruamel-yaml-clib (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-subprocess-tee (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-tox-ansible (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-typing-extensions (all versions)`\n- `ansible-builder (all versions)`\n- `ansible-creator (all versions)`\n- `ansible-dev-environment (all versions)`\n- `ansible-dev-tools (all versions)`\n- `ansible-lint (all versions)`\n- `ansible-navigator (all versions)`\n- `ansible-sign (all versions)`\n- `automation-gateway (all versions)`\n- `automation-hub (all versions)`\n- `bindep (all versions)`\n- `molecule (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-ansible-compat (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-distlib (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-django (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-execnet (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-galaxy-importer (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-galaxy-ng (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-gunicorn (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-pluggy (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-pytest (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-pytest-ansible (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-pytest-xdist (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-ruamel-yaml-clib (all versions)`\n- `python3.11-subprocess-tee (all versions)`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nMitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":37,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":36.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}