---
id: CVE-2025-49520
title: >-
  A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform’s EDA component where
  user-supplied Git URLs are passed unsanitized to the git ls-remote command
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform’s EDA component where
  user-supplied Git URLs are passed unsanitized to the git ls-remote command.
  This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to inject arguments and
  execute arbitra…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-88
vendor: Red Hat
product: automation-eda-controller
affected:
  - automation-eda-controller (all versions)
  - automation-eda-controller (all versions)
published: '2025-06-30'
updated: '2026-11-03'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-03T13:17:16.503'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49520'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9986'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-49520'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370812'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2025-07-01T00:00:00+00:00'
epss: 0.00624
epssPercentile: 0.50033
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T06:38:03.598Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in Ansible Automation Platform’s EDA component where user-supplied Git URLs are passed unsanitized to the git ls-remote command. This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to inject arguments and execute arbitrary commands on the EDA worker. In Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, this can lead to service account token theft and cluster access.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.