Race Condition Vulnerability in Ansible AAP Gateway by Red Hat
CVE-2025-1801

8.1HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 March 2025

Summary

A flaw in the Ansible AAP Gateway allows for race conditions during concurrent requests handled by the gRPC service. This vulnerability can be exploited by a less privileged user to obtain the JSON Web Token (JWT) of a more privileged user, compromising server integrity. As a result, user sessions and sensitive data may be at risk, enabling potential unauthorized access to confidential information. Immediate attention and mitigation strategies are encouraged to protect against this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 0:2.5.20250305-1.el8ap

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 0:2.5.20250305-1.el9ap

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1954
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1801
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2349081
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.1
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This issue was discovered by Chris Meyers (Red Hat) and Elijah DeLee (Red Hat).
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