Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8
CVE-2025-49520
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.
EPSS: 0.005 (39.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8 — versions 0:1.1.11-1.el8ap
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 9 — versions 0:1.1.11-1.el9ap
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-49520?
- CVE-2025-49520 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 For Rhel 8, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-06-30.
- How severe is CVE-2025-49520?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.